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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS North Platte, NE

July 3, 2016Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2016, 5:50 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2016, 5:50 PM MDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2016, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -396 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1989 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

398 
WUUS53 KLBF 032350
SVRLBF
NEC161-040030-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0178.160703T2350Z-160704T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
550 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 550 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF
  HAY SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOUNT MARIA...
  INTERSECTION OF BEAVER CREEK ROAD AND WHITE CLAY CREEK ROAD AND
  METCALF STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4299 10278 4285 10232 4266 10258 4275 10278
      4278 10277 4279 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 299DEG 21KT 4285 10274 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JWS

2 follow-up statements

294 
WWUS53 KLBF 040000
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
600 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016

NEC161-040030-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-160704T0030Z/
SHERIDAN NE-
600 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY...

AT 559 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF
HAY SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT MARIA...INTERSECTION OF BEAVER CREEK ROAD AND WHITE CLAY CREEK
ROAD AND METCALF STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 88.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4299 10278 4285 10232 4266 10258 4275 10278
      4278 10277 4279 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 298DEG 21KT 4282 10268 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JWS

931 
WWUS53 KLBF 040012
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
612 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016

NEC161-040030-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-160704T0030Z/
SHERIDAN NE-
612 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY...

AT 611 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF RUSHVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT MARIA...INTERSECTION OF BEAVER CREEK ROAD AND WHITE CLAY CREEK
ROAD AND METCALF STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 88.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4299 10278 4285 10232 4266 10258 4275 10278
      4278 10277 4279 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 298DEG 21KT 4279 10259 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JWS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 5:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.