Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2016, 5:47 PM CDT for McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County McPherson County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 69 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
642
WUUS53 KLBF 112247
SVRLBF
NEC117-112315-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0262.160811T2247Z-160811T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
547 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL MCPHERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 547 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF
TRYON...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
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.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL MCPHERSON COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 44.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4161 10095 4165 10113 4174 10111 4174 10089
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 205DEG 3KT 4170 10100
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CDC2 follow-up statements
618 WWUS53 KLBF 112303 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 603 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2016 NEC117-112315- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-160811T2315Z/ MCPHERSON NE- 603 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL MCPHERSON COUNTY... AT 603 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF TRYON...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL MCPHERSON COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 44. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4168 10092 4169 10108 4174 10111 4174 10089 TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 204DEG 4KT 4173 10098 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ CDC
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WWUS53 KLBF 112315
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
615 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2016
NEC117-112324-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-160811T2315Z/
MCPHERSON NE-
615 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MCPHERSON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT...
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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4168 10092 4169 10108 4174 10111 4174 10089
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 205DEG 3KT 4173 10098
$$
CDCThe 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, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 14 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.