Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2013, 6:05 PM MDT for Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 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
- May 17, 2013, 6:05 PM MDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2013, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Cherry County, NE, Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 17, 6:12 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 12 N Ellsworth, NE | MOST HAIL STONES ARE AROUND QUARTER SIZE WITH THE LARGEST STONES BEING GOLF BALL SIZE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 3:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
845 WUUS53 KLBF 180005 SVRLBF NEC031-161-180045- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0021.130518T0005Z-130518T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 605 PM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... SOUTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 645 PM MDT * AT 603 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF KENNEDY LAKE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WATSON LAKE...WOLF HILL...ARGO HILL...BIG HILL...BILLYS LAKE AND MORGAN LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4258 10200 4241 10175 4206 10226 4218 10244 TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 223DEG 24KT 4219 10226 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ POWER
2 follow-up statements
399 WWUS53 KLBF 180024 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 724 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013 NEC031-161-180045- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130518T0045Z/ SHERIDAN NE-CHERRY NE- 624 PM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL CHERRY AND SOUTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM MDT... AT 621 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOLF HILL... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BIG HILL...BILLYS LAKE AND MORGAN LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4258 10200 4241 10175 4206 10226 4218 10244 TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 223DEG 24KT 4228 10214 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ POWER
518 WWUS53 KLBF 180046 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 746 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013 NEC031-161-180055- /O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130518T0045Z/ SHERIDAN NE-CHERRY NE- 646 PM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CHERRY AND SOUTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT. LAT...LON 4258 10200 4241 10175 4206 10226 4218 10244 TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 223DEG 24KT 4228 10214 $$ POWER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Grant | 45 min |
| May 17, 6:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 41 min |
| May 17, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 46 min |
| May 17, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Sheridan | 45 min |
| May 17, 7:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Grant | 45 min |
| May 17, 7:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 46 min |
| May 17, 8:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden, Grant | 38 min |
| May 17, 8:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 48 min |
| May 17, 8:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant | 50 min |
| May 17, 9:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 44 min |
| May 17, 9:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Hooker | 45 min |
| May 17, 10:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 51 min |
| May 18, 12:38 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 67 min |
| May 18, 1:30 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 60 min |
| May 18, 3:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, McPherson | 47 min |
| May 18, 3:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 25 min |
| May 18, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 50 min |
| May 18, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant, Hooker, McPherson | 46 min |
| May 18, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 38 min |
| May 18, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Sheridan | 44 min |
| May 18, 5:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 43 min |
| May 18, 5:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 38 min |
| May 18, 5:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden | 50 min |
| May 18, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 47 min |
| May 18, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 47 min |
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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.