Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS North Platte, NE

August 13, 2016Deuel County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2016, 5:31 PM MDT for Deuel County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 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
Aug 13, 2016, 5:31 PM MDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Deuel County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 13, 5:35 PM MDTHAIL 15 Ese Chappell, NE
Aug 13, 5:40 PM MDTHAIL 0.887 Se Chappell, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2016-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 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 2016-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-208 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1963 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

118 
WUUS53 KLBF 132331
SVRLBF
NEC049-140000-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0270.160813T2331Z-160814T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
531 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DEUEL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT

* AT 531 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHAPPELL...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BARTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND
102.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4120 10226 4100 10215 4100 10245 4108 10248
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 242DEG 13KT 4105 10238 

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

CDC
1 follow-up statement
614 
WWUS53 KLBF 132343
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
543 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2016

NEC049-140000-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-160814T0000Z/
DEUEL NE-
543 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL DEUEL COUNTY...

AT 543 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JULESBURG...
MOVING EAST 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...
BARTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 93 AND
102.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4120 10226 4100 10215 4100 10233 4113 10238
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 251DEG 19KT 4106 10228 

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

CDC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 4:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier32 min
Aug 13, 5:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFDeuel41 min
Aug 13, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel15 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.