Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2013, 6:38 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 67 min. 2 reports 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
- May 16, 2013, 6:38 PM MDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2013, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 6:54 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 27 Se Gordon, NE | GROUND IS COVERED WITH HAIL WITH LARGEST STONES BEING NICKEL SIZE. WINDS WERE ALSO ESTIMATED TO 40 MPH. |
| May 16, 6:55 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 26 S Merriman, NE | GROUND IS COVERED WITH NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KLBF 170038
SVRLBF
NEC031-170145-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0013.130517T0038Z-130517T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
638 PM MDT THU MAY 16 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 745 PM MDT
* AT 634 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF
MORGAN LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HIGHWAY 61 CROSSING THE SNAKE RIVER...INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 61
AND SHADBOLT ROAD...ROUND LAKE AND INDIAN HILL.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 187 AND 209.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4280 10152 4239 10135 4239 10192 4256 10201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 250DEG 18KT 4251 10184
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BROOKS4 follow-up statements
466
WWUS53 KLBF 170053
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
753 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013
NEC031-170145-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130517T0145Z/
CHERRY NE-
653 PM MDT THU MAY 16 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT...
AT 649 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 61
CROSSING THE SNAKE RIVER...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HIGHWAY 61 CROSSING THE SNAKE RIVER...INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 61 AND
SHADBOLT ROAD...ROUND LAKE AND INDIAN HILL.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 188 AND 209.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4259 10196 4280 10152 4239 10135 4239 10184
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 250DEG 18KT 4253 10174
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BROOKS393
WWUS53 KLBF 170101
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
801 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013
NEC031-170145-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130517T0145Z/
CHERRY NE-
701 PM MDT THU MAY 16 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT...
AT 658 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 61
CROSSING THE SNAKE RIVER...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HIGHWAY 61 CROSSING THE SNAKE RIVER...INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 61 AND
SHADBOLT ROAD...ROUND LAKE AND INDIAN HILL.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 188 AND 209.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4239 10180 4261 10191 4280 10152 4239 10135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 250DEG 18KT 4260 10174
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BROOKS607
WWUS53 KLBF 170123
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
823 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013
NEC031-170145-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130517T0145Z/
CHERRY NE-
723 PM MDT THU MAY 16 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT...
AT 721 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR INTERSECTION
OF HIGHWAY 61 AND SHADBOLT ROAD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDIAN HILL.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 198 AND 209.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4248 10139 4246 10166 4267 10179 4280 10152
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 235DEG 18KT 4268 10162
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BROOKS291 WWUS53 KLBF 170143 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 843 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013 NEC031-170152- /O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130517T0145Z/ CHERRY NE- 743 PM MDT THU MAY 16 2013 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT/745 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4248 10139 4246 10166 4267 10179 4280 10152 TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 235DEG 18KT 4273 10151 $$ BROOKS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 51 min |
| May 17, 3:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 39 min |
| May 17, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 49 min |
| May 17, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 46 min |
| May 17, 4:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 44 min |
| May 17, 4:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 39 min |
| May 17, 4:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 44 min |
Nearby
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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.