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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS North Platte, NE

May 9, 2016Holt County, Rock County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2016, 11:10 PM CDT for Holt County, Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 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, 11:10 PM CDT (04:10 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2016, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Holt County, NE, Rock County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

880 
WUUS53 KLBF 100410
SVRLBF
NEC089-149-100445-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0032.160510T0410Z-160510T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1110 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  EAST CENTRAL ROCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1109 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTH OF
  NEWPORT...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BASSETT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
  MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PONY LAKE AND SYBRANT. 

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 4230 9935 4245 9939 4255 9914 4230 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 299DEG 7KT 4239 9927 

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

TAYLOR

2 follow-up statements

947 
WWUS53 KLBF 100421
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1121 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

NEC089-149-100445-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160510T0445Z/
HOLT NE-ROCK NE-
1121 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL HOLT AND EAST CENTRAL ROCK COUNTIES...

AT 1121 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTH OF
NEWPORT...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BASSETT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST
CENTRAL HOLT AND EAST CENTRAL ROCK COUNTIES.

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 4233 9929 4245 9934 4255 9914 4230 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 261DEG 14KT 4240 9924 

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

SNIVELY

462 
WWUS53 KLBF 100441
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1141 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

NEC089-149-100451-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160510T0445Z/
HOLT NE-ROCK NE-
1141 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL HOLT AND EAST
CENTRAL ROCK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 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 HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4233 9929 4245 9934 4255 9914 4230 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 299DEG 7KT 4240 9924 

$$

SNIVELY

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, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	34 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, 11:14 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.