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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS North Platte, NE

August 11, 2016Garfield County, Holt County, Wheeler County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2016, 5:02 PM CDT for Garfield County, Holt County, Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 14 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: Aug 11, 2016, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2016, 5:16 PM CDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 192 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: 171 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -444 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2116 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

143 
WUUS53 KLBF 112202
SVRLBF
NEC071-089-183-112230-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0261.160811T2202Z-160811T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
502 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WHEELER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 502 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  CHAMBERS...OR 25 MILES SOUTH OF O'NEILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
  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...
  CHAMBERS AND GOOSE LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA. 

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 155 AND 172.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4214 9843 4202 9869 4200 9877 4204 9883
      4208 9885 4214 9886 4231 9867
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 227DEG 19KT 4210 9873 

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

ET

1 follow-up statement

960 
WWUS53 KLBF 112216
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
516 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2016

NEC071-089-183-112225-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-160811T2230Z/
WHEELER NE-GARFIELD NE-HOLT NE-
516 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WHEELER...
NORTHEASTERN GARFIELD AND SOUTH CENTRAL HOLT COUNTIES 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.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4214 9843 4202 9869 4200 9877 4204 9883
      4208 9885 4214 9886 4231 9867
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 227DEG 19KT 4215 9866 

$$

ET

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	45 min
Aug 10, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	47 min
Aug 10, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	43 min
Aug 10, 11:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	44 min
Aug 10, 11:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	51 min
Aug 11, 3:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Valley	26 min
Aug 11, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield	56 min
Aug 11, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield, Wheeler	66 min
Aug 11, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield, Wheeler	23 min
Aug 11, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Holt	44 min
Aug 11, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield	46 min
Aug 11, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan, McPherson	64 min
Aug 11, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	McPherson	28 min
Aug 11, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	60 min
Aug 11, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hooker	41 min
Aug 11, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	52 min
Aug 11, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	46 min
Aug 11, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan	29 min
Aug 11, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hooker	52 min
Aug 11, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	50 min
Aug 11, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.