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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS North Platte, NE

July 27, 2016Blaine County, Custer County, Loup County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2016, 6:10 PM CDT for Blaine County, Custer County, Loup County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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 27, 2016, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

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

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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 27, 6:41 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	3 Se Milburn, NE	HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS...MOST STONES WERE QUARTER SIZE OR SMALLER.
Jul 27, 6:55 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	10 Nne Broken Bow, NE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 96 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: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -541 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1311 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

500 
WUUS53 KLBF 272310
SVRLBF
NEC009-041-115-280000-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0239.160727T2310Z-160728T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
610 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHWESTERN LOUP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 610 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BREWSTER...
  MOVING SOUTH AT 35 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...
  BREWSTER...ANSELMO...VICTORIA SPRINGS STATE RECREATION AREA...
  LILLIAN...MILBURN...ROUND VALLEY...WALWORTH...
  MILBURN DIVERSION DAM STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...ALMERIA...
  GATES AND ALMERIA MEADOW STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 183 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 107 AND 111.
 HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 253 AND 267.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4149 9994 4200 9991 4206 9966 4152 9933
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 343DEG 29KT 4188 9976 

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

MASEK

2 follow-up statements

489 
WWUS53 KLBF 272332
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
632 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

NEC009-041-115-280000-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0239.000000T0000Z-160728T0000Z/
BLAINE NE-CUSTER NE-LOUP NE-
632 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE...NORTHEASTERN CUSTER AND SOUTHWESTERN LOUP
COUNTIES...

AT 632 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST
OF VICTORIA SPRINGS STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 15 MILES WEST OF
TAYLOR... MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF 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...
ANSELMO...VICTORIA SPRINGS STATE RECREATION AREA...LILLIAN...
MILBURN...ROUND VALLEY...WALWORTH...
MILBURN DIVERSION DAM STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...
ALMERIA AND GATES.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 183 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 107 AND 111.
 HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 254 AND 267.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4149 9994 4186 9991 4193 9958 4152 9933
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 341DEG 30KT 4173 9968 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MASEK

815 
WWUS53 KLBF 272348
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
648 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

NEC009-115-272357-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0239.000000T0000Z-160728T0000Z/
BLAINE NE-LOUP NE-
648 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE AND
SOUTHWESTERN LOUP COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4150 9978 4174 9978 4174 9952 4152 9940
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 343DEG 29KT 4161 9963 

$$

NEC041-280000-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0239.000000T0000Z-160728T0000Z/
CUSTER NE-
648 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY...

AT 647 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VICTORIA
SPRINGS STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF BROKEN BOW...
MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VICTORIA SPRINGS STATE RECREATION AREA...LILLIAN...MILBURN...GATES...
ROUND VALLEY AND WALWORTH.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 NEAR MILE MARKER 267.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4150 9978 4174 9978 4174 9952 4152 9940
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 343DEG 29KT 4161 9963 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MASEK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	60 min
Jul 26, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	44 min
Jul 26, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	51 min
Jul 26, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	45 min
Jul 26, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	41 min
Jul 26, 8:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	36 min
Jul 26, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Boyd, Keya Paha	43 min
Jul 26, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	50 min
Jul 26, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	47 min
Jul 26, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Garden, Grant, Sheridan	44 min
Jul 26, 9:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keya Paha	39 min
Jul 26, 10:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown, Cherry	45 min
Jul 26, 10:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Grant	49 min
Jul 26, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown, Rock	44 min
Jul 26, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown	39 min
Jul 26, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Arthur, Grant, Hooker, McPherson	47 min
Jul 26, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Thomas	39 min
Jul 26, 11:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine, Loup, Rock	38 min
Jul 26, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, McPherson	54 min
Jul 26, 11:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield, Holt, Wheeler	72 min
Jul 27, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Dawson	29 min
Jul 27, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keya Paha	59 min
Jul 27, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Keya Paha	51 min
Jul 27, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	46 min
Jul 27, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Keya Paha, Rock	51 min
Jul 27, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Thomas	40 min
Jul 27, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	50 min
Jul 27, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine, Loup, Thomas	52 min
Jul 27, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Holt	45 min
Jul 27, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	31 min
Jul 27, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Loup	48 min
Jul 27, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Holt	45 min
Jul 27, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	49 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.