Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS North Platte, NE

July 6, 2016Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 5:04 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 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, 5:04 PM MDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2016, 5:45 PM MDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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, 5:27 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 60	7 E Merritt Reservoir D, 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, 2:21 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

909 
WUUS53 KLBF 062304
SVRLBF
NEC031-062345-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0191.160706T2304Z-160706T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT/545 PM MDT/

* AT 603 PM CDT/503 PM MDT/...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTH OF LAKEVIEW TO 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MERRITT RESERVOIR TO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE
  LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
           TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
           ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VALENTINE...MERRITT RESERVOIR...
  VALENTINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...CROOKSTON...
  SCHLAGEL CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...SPARKS...
  HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER...
  ANDERSON BRIDGE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...
  SMITH FALLS STATE PARK AND BIG ALKALI LAKE STATE WILDLIFE
  MANAGEMENT AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT/900 PM MDT/ FOR
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4294 10019 4263 10026 4246 10060 4251 10147
      4270 10112 4300 10090 4299 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 270DEG 37KT 4297 10075 4269 10102 4255 10127 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

BUTTLER

1 follow-up statement

545 
WWUS53 KLBF 062315
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
615 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

NEC031-062345-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0191.000000T0000Z-160706T2345Z/
CHERRY NE-
615 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM
CDT/545 PM MDT/ FOR NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 615 PM CDT/515 PM MDT/...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF LAKEVIEW TO MERRITT RESERVOIR TO
22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
         ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VALENTINE...MERRITT RESERVOIR...VALENTINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...
CROOKSTON...SCHLAGEL CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...SPARKS...
HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER...ANDERSON BRIDGE STATE
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...SMITH FALLS STATE PARK AND BIG ALKALI LAKE
STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 220.
 HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 104 AND 141.
 HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 185 AND 222.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT/900 PM MDT/ FOR
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4294 10019 4263 10026 4246 10060 4251 10147
      4270 10112 4300 10090 4299 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 279DEG 38KT 4298 10076 4264 10086 4253 10109 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

BUTTLER

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, 3:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Garden	38 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, 5:16 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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2016 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.