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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS North Platte, NE

May 9, 2016Boyd County, Holt County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2016, 9:11 PM CDT for Boyd County, Holt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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: May 9, 2016, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2016, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Boyd County, NE, Holt County, NE

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 234 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: 37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

766 
WUUS53 KLBF 100211
SVRLBF
NEC015-089-100245-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0029.160510T0211Z-160510T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
911 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHEASTERN BOYD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 911 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF LYNCH...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPENCER...AND IS NEARLY
  STATIONARY.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRISTOW...REDBIRD STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND SCOTTVILLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4260 9849 4270 9865 4286 9860 4276 9830
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 209DEG 3KT 4271 9855 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

TAYLOR

2 follow-up statements

308 
WWUS53 KLBF 100229
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
929 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

NEC015-089-100245-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160510T0245Z/
HOLT NE-BOYD NE-
929 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN HOLT AND SOUTHEASTERN BOYD COUNTIES...

AT 928 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
LYNCH...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPENCER...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRISTOW...REDBIRD STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND SCOTTVILLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4268 9849 4270 9865 4286 9860 4276 9830
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 196DEG 8KT 4277 9853 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TAYLOR

281 
WWUS53 KLBF 100239
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
939 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

NEC015-089-100247-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160510T0245Z/
HOLT NE-BOYD NE-
939 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HOLT AND
SOUTHEASTERN BOYD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 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 GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NORTH PLATTE.

LAT...LON 4268 9849 4270 9865 4286 9860 4276 9830
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 209DEG 3KT 4277 9853 

$$

TAYLOR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan, McPherson	44 min
May 9, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan	22 min
May 9, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	46 min
May 9, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan, McPherson	50 min
May 9, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln, Logan, McPherson	60 min
May 9, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Holt	39 min
May 9, 9:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Boyd	52 min
May 9, 9:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	50 min
May 9, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Rock	47 min
May 9, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	29 min
May 9, 10:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	33 min
May 9, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	37 min
May 9, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt, Rock	35 min
May 9, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	31 min
May 9, 11:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Holt	6 hr
May 10, 12:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	6 hr
May 10, 12:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LBF	Boyd, Custer, Garfield, Holt, Keya Paha, Loup and 2 more	17 hr
May 10, 3:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Boyd	35 min
May 10, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	36 min
May 10, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Holt	35 min
May 10, 5:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LBF	Holt	48 hr

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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.