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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS North Platte, NE

June 2, 2015Cherry County, Grant County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2015, 7:22 PM MDT for Cherry County, Grant 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: Jun 2, 2015, 7:22 PM MDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2015, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cherry County, NE, Grant County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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
Jun 2, 7:25 PM MDT	HAIL 1	9 Nw Hyannis, NE
Jun 2, 7:38 PM MDT	HAIL 1	6 N Hyannis, NE
Jun 2, 7:50 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 60	11 Ne Hyannis, 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
Jun 2, 2:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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: 1700 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

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The text

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

087 
WUUS53 KLBF 030122
SVRLBF
NEC031-075-030200-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0049.150603T0122Z-150603T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
722 PM MDT TUE JUN 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 800 PM MDT

* AT 721 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF ASHBY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
           ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WHITMAN...DULUTH AND WHITMAN ROAD CROSSING THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE
  MIDDLE LOUP RIVER.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 148 AND 160.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 160 AND 175.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4224 10147 4193 10151 4207 10196 4221 10188
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 275DEG 22KT 4213 10185

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

MARTIN

1 follow-up statement

996 
WWUS53 KLBF 030135
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
735 PM MDT TUE JUN 2 2015

NEC031-075-030200-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-150603T0200Z/
GRANT NE-CHERRY NE-
735 PM MDT TUE JUN 2 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
CHERRY AND NORTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT...

AT 733 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF WHITMAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...PUBLIC.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITMAN...DULUTH AND WHITMAN ROAD CROSSING THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE
MIDDLE LOUP RIVER.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 148 AND 160.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 160 AND 175.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4222 10178 4224 10147 4193 10151 4203 10183
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 275DEG 26KT 4211 10165

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

MARTIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 6:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	45 min
Jun 2, 7:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	38 min
Jun 2, 7:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Grant, Hooker	49 min
Jun 2, 8:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Grant, Hooker, McPherson	31 min
Jun 2, 10:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Logan	48 min
Jun 2, 11:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	45 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.