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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS North Platte, NE

July 6, 2016Lincoln County, Logan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 10:13 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Logan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:14 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, 10:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	15 Ne North Platte, 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, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 27 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: 2862 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 298 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 28.9

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The text

As transmitted.

442 
WUUS53 KLBF 070313
SVRLBF
NEC111-113-070345-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0211.160707T0313Z-160707T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1013 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1012 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF STAPLETON...MOVING EAST AT 30 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. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4139 10076 4139 10072 4141 10071 4148 10033
      4144 10031 4123 10032 4123 10077
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 261DEG 27KT 4133 10065 

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

ET

2 follow-up statements

965 
WWUS53 KLBF 070325
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1025 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

NEC111-113-070345-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0211.000000T0000Z-160707T0345Z/
LINCOLN NE-LOGAN NE-
1025 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTIES...

AT 1025 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES
NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE AIRPORT...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF
STAPLETON...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. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTIES.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 240 AND 242.
 HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 95 AND 106.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4137 10067 4140 10053 4143 10031 4123 10032
      4123 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 265DEG 24KT 4129 10057 

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

ET

540 
WWUS53 KLBF 070344
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1044 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

NEC111-113-070354-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0211.000000T0000Z-160707T0345Z/
LINCOLN NE-LOGAN NE-
1044 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

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

LAT...LON 4137 10067 4140 10053 4143 10031 4123 10032
      4123 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 261DEG 27KT 4129 10057 

$$

ET

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Grant	29 min
Jul 6, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Keya Paha, Rock	47 min
Jul 6, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, McPherson	29 min
Jul 6, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	29 min
Jul 6, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Grant, Hooker	30 min
Jul 6, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hooker, McPherson, Thomas	36 min
Jul 6, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Arthur, McPherson	31 min
Jul 6, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	29 min
Jul 6, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock	60 min
Jul 6, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Hooker, McPherson	29 min
Jul 6, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Keith, Lincoln, McPherson	31 min
Jul 6, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas	19 min
Jul 6, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln, McPherson	32 min
Jul 6, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Thomas	29 min
Jul 6, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Holt	31 min
Jul 6, 9:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Lincoln	29 min
Jul 6, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Loup	28 min
Jul 6, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier, Hayes	49 min
Jul 6, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln, Logan, McPherson	34 min
Jul 6, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown	46 min
Jul 6, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	49 min
Jul 6, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Holt	46 min
Jul 6, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln	13 min
Jul 6, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln, Logan	36 min
Jul 6, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln, Logan, McPherson	30 min
Jul 6, 10:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	39 min
Jul 6, 10:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	23 min
Jul 6, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln, Logan	20 min
Jul 7, 12:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown, Rock	50 min
Jul 7, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown, Rock	50 min
Jul 7, 1:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Holt, Rock	40 min
Jul 7, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase	53 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.