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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS North Platte, NE

May 22, 2016Custer County, Logan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2016, 7:47 PM CDT for Custer County, Logan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 min. 3 reports 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, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2016, 8:14 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Custer County, NE, Logan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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, 7:47 PM CDT	HAIL 1	4 Nw Arnold, NE	GROUND IS STARTING TO BECOME COVERED
May 22, 7:52 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	4 Nw Arnold, NE	VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
May 22, 8:05 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	4 W Arnold, 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, 3:20 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 54 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: 2431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 18.2

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The text

As transmitted.

258 
WUUS53 KLBF 230047
SVRLBF
NEC041-113-230130-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0041.160523T0047Z-160523T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 747 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARNOLD...OR 12
  MILES EAST OF STAPLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ARNOLD...LOGAN AND HOAGLAND. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 256 AND 257.
 HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 241 AND 257.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 FOR WEST CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4139 10020 4144 10043 4168 10031 4164 9986
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 211DEG 22KT 4143 10027 

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

SNIVELY

1 follow-up statement

968 
WWUS53 KLBF 230114
SVSLBF

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

NEC041-113-230123-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160523T0130Z/
CUSTER NE-LOGAN NE-
814 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CUSTER AND
SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4139 10020 4144 10043 4168 10031 4164 9986
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 211DEG 22KT 4157 10016 

$$

KULIK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	41 min
May 22, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Thomas	26 min
May 22, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	30 min
May 22, 7:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Cherry	6 hr
May 22, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	53 min
May 22, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	33 min
May 22, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	43 min
May 22, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	45 min
May 22, 8:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Brown, Keya Paha	6 hr
May 22, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	43 min
May 22, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	37 min
May 22, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Grant, Hooker	51 min
May 22, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Grant, Hooker, Keith, McPherson	46 min
May 22, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Keya Paha	24 min
May 22, 10:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson, Perkins	64 min
May 22, 11:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine, Logan	39 min
May 23, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield, Loup, Rock	42 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.