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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS North Platte, NE

August 13, 2016Deuel County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2016, 5:58 PM MDT for Deuel County, Nebraska. It was in force for 15 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 13, 2016, 5:58 PM MDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2016, 6:13 PM MDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Deuel County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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

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The text

As transmitted.

919 
WUUS53 KLBF 132358
SVRLBF
NEC049-140030-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0271.160813T2358Z-160814T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 558 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BARTON...OR
  NEAR JULESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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...
  BIG SPRINGS...BARTON AND GOLDENEYE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND
107.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4122 10207 4104 10206 4100 10224 4112 10230
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 241DEG 13KT 4108 10223 

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

CDC
1 follow-up statement
681 
WWUS53 KLBF 140013
SVSLBF

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

NEC049-140023-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-160814T0030Z/
DEUEL NE-
613 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN DEUEL 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.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4122 10207 4104 10206 4100 10224 4112 10230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 241DEG 13KT 4111 10217 

$$

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, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel29 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.