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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS North Platte, NE

July 4, 2012Custer County, Logan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2012, 6:28 PM CDT for Custer County, Logan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2012, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Custer County, NE, Logan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 4, 6:40 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 605 E Stapleton, NEDIME SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 51 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2012-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 685 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2012-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
685 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-341 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

361 
WUUS53 KLBF 042328
SVRLBF
NEC041-113-050015-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0151.120704T2328Z-120705T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
628 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 622 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
  MILES NORTH OF TARBOZ LAKE...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF STAPLETON...
  AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TARBOZ LAKE AROUND 635 PM CDT.
  ARNOLD AROUND 705 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4173 10027 4141 9992 4124 10016 4140 10023
      4140 10052 4157 10060 4172 10036
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 317DEG 19KT 4159 10036
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

POWER
1 follow-up statement
564 
WWUS53 KLBF 042341
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
641 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2012

NEC041-113-050015-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-120705T0015Z/
CUSTER NE-LOGAN NE-
641 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LOGAN
AND NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 636 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5
MILES NORTHEAST OF TARBOZ LAKE...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
STAPLETON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ARNOLD AROUND 715 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4173 10027 4141 9992 4124 10016 4140 10023
      4141 10046 4158 10046 4172 10036
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 310DEG 13KT 4155 10030
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

POWER

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.