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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS North Platte, NE

October 3, 2016Lincoln County, Logan County, McPherson County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 3, 2016, 7:06 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Logan County, McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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: Oct 3, 2016, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired: Oct 3, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 3, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 271 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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

362 
WUUS53 KLBF 040006
SVRLBF
NEC111-113-117-040045-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0310.161004T0006Z-161004T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
706 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 706 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF
  NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STAPLETON...GANDY...RINGGOLD...HOAGLAND AND TARBOZ LAKE. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND 238.
 HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 10.

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 4115 10062 4117 10088 4158 10081 4155 10029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 214DEG 25KT 4126 10076 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MASEK

2 follow-up statements

631 
WWUS53 KLBF 040033
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
733 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2016

NEC111-113-117-040045-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-161004T0045Z/
MCPHERSON NE-LINCOLN NE-LOGAN NE-
733 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON...NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN LOGAN
COUNTIES...

AT 733 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RINGGOLD TO NEAR NORTH PLATTE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STAPLETON...GANDY...RINGGOLD...HOAGLAND AND TARBOZ LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4115 10062 4117 10088 4158 10081 4155 10029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 208DEG 28KT 4146 10065 4121 10080 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MASEK

767 
WWUS53 KLBF 040045
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
745 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2016

NEC111-113-117-040054-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-161004T0045Z/
MCPHERSON NE-LINCOLN NE-LOGAN NE-
745 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON...NORTH
CENTRAL LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM
CDT...
            
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE 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 THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4115 10062 4117 10088 4158 10081 4155 10029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 214DEG 25KT 4152 10059 4127 10074 

$$

MASEK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 3, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hooker	42 min
Oct 3, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan, Thomas	48 min
Oct 3, 8:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	52 min
Oct 3, 8:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine	44 min
Oct 3, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine, Logan, Thomas	39 min
Oct 3, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	44 min
Oct 3, 10:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Lincoln	6 hr
Oct 4, 2:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LBF	Lincoln	11 days
Oct 4, 2:08 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	LBF	Arthur, Chase, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant and 6 more	19 hr

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.