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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS North Platte, NE

May 27, 2015Chase County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2015, 4:29 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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 27, 2015, 4:29 PM MDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2015, 5:15 PM MDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Chase County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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 27, 4:47 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	10 Sw Champion, NE
May 27, 5:10 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	10 Sw Champion, NE

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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

849 
WUUS53 KLBF 272229
SVRLBF
NEC029-272315-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0039.150527T2229Z-150527T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
429 PM MDT WED MAY 27 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 428 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF CHAMPION...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHAMPION AROUND 505 PM MDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CHURCH GROVE CAMPGROUND.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 28.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4035 10175 4035 10197 4046 10198 4052 10153
      4034 10152 4034 10174
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 266DEG 10KT 4038 10184

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

SPRINGER

2 follow-up statements

373 
WWUS53 KLBF 272303
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
503 PM MDT WED MAY 27 2015

NEC029-272315-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150527T2315Z/
CHASE NE-
503 PM MDT WED MAY 27 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
CHASE COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM MDT...

AT 502 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
CHAMPION...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 28.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4034 10152 4035 10175 4035 10197 4046 10198
      4052 10153
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 266DEG 10KT 4039 10172

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

SPRINGER

013 
WWUS53 KLBF 272314
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
514 PM MDT WED MAY 27 2015

NEC029-272324-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150527T2315Z/
CHASE NE-
514 PM MDT WED MAY 27 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM MDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE 
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4034 10152 4035 10175 4035 10197 4046 10198
      4052 10153
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 266DEG 10KT 4039 10168

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 3:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase	56 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.