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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS North Platte, NE

July 29, 2016Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2016, 5:43 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 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 29, 2016, 5:43 PM MDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2016, 6:14 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 188 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2016-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2016-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

944 
WUUS53 KLBF 292343
SVRLBF
NEC031-300030-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0252.160729T2343Z-160730T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
543 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 542 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF
  MEDICINE LAKE...OR 25 MILES EAST OF GORDON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...PUBLIC. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEDICINE LAKE...INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 61 AND SHADBOLT ROAD...
  INDIAN HILL AND HIGHWAY 61 CROSSING THE SNAKE RIVER.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 213.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4258 10184 4276 10183 4279 10128 4252 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 270DEG 19KT 4267 10173 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

POWER
2 follow-up statements
785 
WWUS53 KLBF 300002
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
602 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016

NEC031-300030-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-160730T0030Z/
CHERRY NE-
602 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 601 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MEDICINE LAKE...OR 32 MILES EAST OF GORDON...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...PUBLIC. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEDICINE LAKE AND INDIAN HILL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4256 10164 4277 10163 4279 10128 4252 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 270DEG 19KT 4267 10159 

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

POWER
010 
WWUS53 KLBF 300014
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
614 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016

NEC031-300023-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-160730T0030Z/
CHERRY NE-
614 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4256 10164 4277 10163 4279 10128 4252 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 270DEG 19KT 4267 10150 

$$

POWER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 7:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLoup50 min
Jul 28, 7:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer, Loup25 min
Jul 28, 8:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLoup50 min
Jul 28, 8:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster47 min
Jul 28, 9:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSherman48 min
Jul 28, 9:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster31 min
Jul 29, 3:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden, Keith73 min
Jul 29, 4:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan45 min
Jul 29, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan30 min
Jul 29, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan23 min
Jul 29, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan30 min
Jul 29, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry32 min
Jul 29, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry30 min

Nearby

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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.