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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS North Platte, NE

May 22, 2016Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2016, 2:28 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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: May 22, 2016, 2:28 PM MDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2016, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 22, 2:30 PM MDT	HAIL 1	17 Ssw Nenzel, NE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 22, 2:20 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 902 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 299 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 499 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

666 
WUUS53 KLBF 222028
SVRLBF
NEC031-222100-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0034.160522T2028Z-160522T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
328 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT/300 PM MDT/

* AT 328 PM CDT/228 PM MDT/...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR KILGORE TO 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  MEDICINE LAKE...MOVING NORTH 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...
  CODY...KILGORE...NENZEL...STEER CREEK CAMPGROUND...SCHOOLHOUSE LAKE...
  CODY LAKE AND ANDERSON BRIDGE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 155 AND 183.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT/900 PM MDT/ FOR
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4269 10085 4244 10135 4300 10133 4300 10079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 202DEG 19KT 4287 10096 4250 10126 

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

MOLDAN

2 follow-up statements

476 
WWUS53 KLBF 222042
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
342 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

NEC031-222100-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160522T2100Z/
CHERRY NE-
342 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM
CDT/300 PM MDT/ FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 342 PM CDT/242 PM MDT/...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM KILGORE TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LAKE...
MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

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

SOURCE...PUBLIC. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CODY...KILGORE...NENZEL...STEER CREEK CAMPGROUND...SCHOOLHOUSE LAKE...CODY
LAKE AND ANDERSON BRIDGE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 156 AND 183.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT/900 PM MDT/ FOR
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4269 10085 4250 10134 4300 10133 4300 10079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 202DEG 19KT 4293 10093 4256 10123 

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

MOLDAN

057 
WWUS53 KLBF 222050
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
350 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

NEC031-222100-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160522T2100Z/
CHERRY NE-
350 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM
CDT/300 PM MDT/ FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 350 PM CDT/250 PM MDT/...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR KILGORE TO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE
LAKE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 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...
CODY...KILGORE...NENZEL...STEER CREEK CAMPGROUND...SCHOOLHOUSE LAKE...CODY
LAKE AND ANDERSON BRIDGE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 156 AND 183.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT/900 PM MDT/ FOR
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4269 10085 4254 10133 4300 10133 4300 10079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 202DEG 19KT 4297 10090 4261 10120 

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

MOLDAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 7:48 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	LBF	Lincoln	15 days
May 22, 2:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	46 min
May 22, 3:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	60 min
May 22, 3:05 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	40 min
May 22, 3:44 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	34 min
May 22, 3:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	62 min
May 22, 4:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	61 min
May 22, 5:37 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	38 min
May 22, 5:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	35 min
May 22, 5:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln, Logan	39 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.