Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2013, 7:52 PM CDT for Custer County, Logan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 min. 3 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
- Aug 1, 2013, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2013, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Custer County, NE, Logan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 9 Ese Stapleton, NE | |
| Aug 1, 8:22 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 10 Nw Arnold, NE | |
| Aug 1, 8:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 10 Nw Arnold, NE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 1701 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KLBF 020052
SVRLBF
NEC041-113-020130-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0331.130802T0052Z-130802T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
752 PM CDT THU AUG 1 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 751 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GANDY...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARNOLD...TARBOZ LAKE...SHANKLIN BLUFF...HOAGLAND...LOGAN AND
PLEASANT HILL.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND 115.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 228 AND 262.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4150 10054 4173 10021 4148 9998 4139 10031
4139 10046
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 238DEG 11KT 4147 10039
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JACOBS2 follow-up statements
708
WWUS53 KLBF 020118
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
818 PM CDT THU AUG 1 2013
NEC041-113-020130-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-130802T0130Z/
CUSTER NE-LOGAN NE-
818 PM CDT THU AUG 1 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LOGAN AND NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 815 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF
GANDY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...PUBLIC...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 9 MILES EAST
SOUTHEAST OF STAPLETON AT 805 PM CDT.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARNOLD AND PLEASANT HILL.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 241 AND 262.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4143 10037 4152 10043 4173 10021 4148 9998
4139 10031
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 238DEG 11KT 4151 10030
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JACOBS572
WWUS53 KLBF 020132
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
832 PM CDT THU AUG 1 2013
NEC041-113-020141-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-130802T0130Z/
CUSTER NE-LOGAN NE-
832 PM CDT THU AUG 1 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN AND
NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. OTHER SEVERE STORMS ARE ON GOING
ACROSS CUSTER COUNTY AT THIS TIME.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4143 10037 4152 10043 4173 10021 4148 9998
4139 10031
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 238DEG 11KT 4151 10030
$$
JACOBSThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Hooker | 26 min |
| Aug 1, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Sheridan | 62 min |
| Aug 1, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden, Keith, Perkins | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 9:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Custer | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, Perkins | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 66 min |
| Aug 1, 10:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 10:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 49 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.