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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS North Platte, NE

June 28, 20164 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2016, 10:29 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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: Jun 28, 2016, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Blaine County, NE, Custer County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Loup County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 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
Jun 28, 10:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Sargent, NE	WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH. TREE LIMBS DOWN AND POWER OUT IN SARGENT FROM 1040 UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT.

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 28, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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: 1615 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 7.9

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The text

As transmitted.

218 
WUUS53 KLBF 290329
SVRLBF
NEC009-041-071-115-290415-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0166.160629T0329Z-160629T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1029 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  LOUP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1029 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROSE TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  VICTORIA SPRINGS STATE RECREATION AREA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BURWELL...TAYLOR...BREWSTER...SARGENT...ANSELMO...COMSTOCK...
  VICTORIA SPRINGS STATE RECREATION AREA...
  CALAMUS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...LILLIAN...MILBURN...
  NUNDA SHOAL CAMPGROUND...LINSCOTT...
  KENT DIVERSION DAM STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...
  VIRGINIA SMITH DAM...
  ALMERIA MEADOW STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...
  HANNAMON BAYOU CAMPGROUND...DEVERRE...ALMERIA...
  DIVIDE HILL AND HORSESHOE BEND LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4175 9888 4174 9921 4154 9921 4159 10009
      4208 9983 4208 9889
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 274DEG 35KT 4203 9963 4157 9965 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

SNIVELY

2 follow-up statements

952 
WWUS53 KLBF 290349
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1049 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

NEC009-041-071-115-290415-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-160629T0415Z/
BLAINE NE-CUSTER NE-GARFIELD NE-LOUP NE-
1049 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE...NORTHEASTERN CUSTER...GARFIELD AND LOUP
COUNTIES...

AT 1049 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF CALAMUS RESERVOIR STATE
RECREATION AREA TO NEAR SARGENT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURWELL...TAYLOR...SARGENT...COMSTOCK...
VICTORIA SPRINGS STATE RECREATION AREA...
CALAMUS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...LILLIAN...MILBURN...
NUNDA SHOAL CAMPGROUND...
KENT DIVERSION DAM STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...
VIRGINIA SMITH DAM...ALMERIA MEADOW STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...
HANNAMON BAYOU CAMPGROUND...DEVERRE...ALMERIA...DIVIDE HILL...
HORSESHOE BEND LAKE...HOMESTEAD KNOLLS CAMPGROUND...
ROUND VALLEY AND MILBURN DIVERSION DAM STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 183 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109 AND 147.
 HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 259 AND 261.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4175 9888 4174 9921 4154 9921 4158 9987
      4208 9968 4208 9889
TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 270DEG 35KT 4202 9939 4156 9941 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

SNIVELY

109 
WWUS53 KLBF 290412
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1112 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

NEC009-041-071-115-290422-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-160629T0415Z/
BLAINE NE-CUSTER NE-GARFIELD NE-LOUP NE-
1112 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE...
NORTHEASTERN CUSTER...GARFIELD AND LOUP COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1115
PM CDT...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4175 9888 4174 9921 4154 9921 4158 9987
      4208 9968 4208 9889
TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 274DEG 35KT 4202 9939 4156 9941 

$$

SNIVELY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 7:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Sheridan	20 min
Jun 28, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Garden, Grant, Sheridan	51 min
Jun 28, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Grant	34 min
Jun 28, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown	29 min
Jun 28, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown	26 min
Jun 28, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	41 min
Jun 28, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Garden, Grant, Hooker, McPherson	40 min
Jun 28, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	32 min
Jun 28, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown	37 min
Jun 28, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	41 min
Jun 28, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson	50 min
Jun 28, 8:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown	33 min
Jun 28, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Perkins	26 min
Jun 28, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Keya Paha	23 min
Jun 28, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson	35 min
Jun 28, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine	49 min
Jun 28, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins	33 min
Jun 28, 9:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown	40 min
Jun 28, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Custer, Logan, Loup, Rock and 1 more	47 min
Jun 28, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins	64 min
Jun 28, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln, Logan	46 min
Jun 28, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	60 min
Jun 28, 10:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Holt	41 min
Jun 28, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	41 min
Jun 28, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln	32 min
Jun 28, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	30 min
Jun 28, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	30 min
Jun 28, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield	43 min
Jun 28, 11:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Wheeler	36 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.