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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS North Platte, NE

July 6, 2016Arthur County, Garden County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 3:07 PM MDT for Arthur County, Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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: Jul 6, 2016, 3:07 PM MDT (21:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2016, 3:45 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 Arthur County, NE, Garden County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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
Jul 6, 3:35 PM MDT	HAIL 1.25	8 W Arthur, 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
Jul 6, 2:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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: 961 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -393 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

795 
WUUS53 KLBF 062107
SVRLBF
NEC005-069-062145-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0182.160706T2107Z-160706T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
307 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ARTHUR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHEASTERN GARDEN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT

* AT 306 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF LEWELLEN...OR 17 MILES EAST OF OSHKOSH...MOVING EAST
  AT 10 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...
  JENSEN LAKE...BLUEWATER BATTLEFIELD STATE HISTORICAL PARK...
  VELMA AND MCKEAG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4167 10183 4141 10175 4139 10194 4140 10205
      4138 10206 4137 10222 4152 10227
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 255DEG 10KT 4151 10203 

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

ET

4 follow-up statements

704 
WWUS53 KLBF 062117
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
317 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

NEC005-069-062145-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-160706T2145Z/
ARTHUR NE-GARDEN NE-
317 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARTHUR AND EAST CENTRAL GARDEN COUNTIES...

AT 317 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF
ARTHUR...MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
JENSEN LAKE AND VELMA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
NORTH PLATTE.

&&

LAT...LON 4167 10183 4143 10177 4142 10194 4141 10204
      4142 10210 4144 10215 4153 10223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 248DEG 33KT 4153 10193 

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

ET

766 
WWUS53 KLBF 062126
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
326 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

NEC005-069-062145-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-160706T2145Z/
ARTHUR NE-GARDEN NE-
326 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARTHUR AND EAST CENTRAL GARDEN COUNTIES...

AT 326 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF
ARTHUR...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
VELMA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
NORTH PLATTE.

&&

LAT...LON 4167 10184 4166 10183 4163 10182 4146 10178
      4144 10196 4143 10206 4155 10217 4156 10215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 247DEG 21KT 4153 10195 

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

ET

977 
WWUS53 KLBF 062137
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
337 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

NEC069-062146-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-160706T2145Z/
GARDEN NE-
337 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GARDEN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
THE PANHANDLE OF AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4167 10184 4166 10183 4163 10182 4146 10178
      4145 10194 4145 10198 4162 10199
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 255DEG 10KT 4154 10191 

$$

NEC005-062145-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-160706T2145Z/
ARTHUR NE-
337 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT
FOR WESTERN ARTHUR COUNTY...

AT 336 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF
ARTHUR...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VELMA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
NORTH PLATTE.

&&

LAT...LON 4167 10184 4166 10183 4163 10182 4146 10178
      4145 10194 4145 10198 4162 10199
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 255DEG 10KT 4154 10191 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ET

891 
WWUS53 KLBF 062145
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
345 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

NEC005-062154-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-160706T2145Z/
ARTHUR NE-
345 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN ARTHUR COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 345 PM MDT...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREE THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
THE PANHANDLE OF AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
ARTHUR COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4167 10184 4166 10183 4163 10182 4146 10178
      4145 10194 4145 10198 4162 10199
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 255DEG 10KT 4154 10191 

$$

ET

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 6:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	13 min
Jul 5, 6:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	43 min
Jul 5, 6:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hayes	39 min
Jul 5, 7:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Grant	38 min
Jul 5, 8:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	43 min
Jul 6, 3:17 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Sheridan	43 min
Jul 6, 3:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur	25 min
Jul 6, 3:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	35 min
Jul 6, 3:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur	31 min
Jul 6, 3:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	31 min
Jul 6, 4:04 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Sheridan	26 min
Jul 6, 4:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur	34 min
Jul 6, 4:29 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Sheridan	31 min
Jul 6, 4:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	29 min
Jul 6, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	32 min
Jul 6, 4:57 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Grant, Sheridan	33 min
Jul 6, 5:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	29 min
Jul 6, 5:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	41 min
Jul 6, 5:16 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Cherry	29 min
Jul 6, 5:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	McPherson	27 min
Jul 6, 5:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Grant, Hooker	36 min
Jul 6, 5:43 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	32 min
Jul 6, 5:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha	43 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.