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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS North Platte, NE

May 22, 20165 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2016, 8:44 PM MDT for 5 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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, 8:44 PM MDT (02:44 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2016, 9:30 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Arthur County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, McPherson County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 22, 8:56 PM MDTHAIL 113 Ne Arthur, NEA FEW QUARTER SIZE HAIL PIECES FELL...HOWEVER...MOST OF THE HAIL WAS NICKEL SIZE IN NATURE. IN ADDITION TO THE HAIL...WINDS GUSTED APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 50 MPH.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 22, 2:20 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 90 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2431 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

294 
WUUS53 KLBF 230244
SVRLBF
NEC005-075-091-101-117-230330-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0045.160523T0244Z-160523T0330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ARTHUR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  CENTRAL KEITH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
  WESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT/930 PM MDT/

* AT 944 PM CDT/844 PM MDT/...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTH OF HYANNIS TO NEAR ARTHUR TO
  NEAR OGALLALA...MOVING EAST 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...
  OGALLALA...ARTHUR...BRULE...KINGSLEY DAM...ROSCOE...KEYSTONE...LEMOYNE...
  BIG BALD HILL...CARR LAKE...BUCKTAIL...SAND BEACH LAKE...BROGANVILLE...
  LAKE VIEW CAMPGROUND...NEVENS...SPRING VALLEY LAKE...LENA...EAST CODY
  LAKE...THREE MILE LAKE...COGILL LAKE AND PRATT LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 135.
 HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 130 AND 186.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115 AND 143.

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/900 PM MDT/ FOR
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4198 10118 4103 10142 4106 10194 4199 10161
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 257DEG 18KT 4180 10167 4158 10158 4117 10176 

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

ROBERG
1 follow-up statement
485 
WWUS53 KLBF 230257
SVSLBF

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

NEC005-075-091-101-117-230330-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160523T0330Z/
ARTHUR NE-KEITH NE-MCPHERSON NE-GRANT NE-HOOKER NE-
957 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM
CDT/930 PM MDT/ FOR EASTERN ARTHUR...CENTRAL KEITH...WESTERN
MCPHERSON...SOUTHEASTERN GRANT AND SOUTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTIES...

AT 957 PM CDT/857 PM MDT/...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF WHITMAN TO 12 MILES EAST OF
ARTHUR TO NEAR OGALLALA...MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
OGALLALA...BRULE...KEYSTONE...KINGSLEY DAM...ROSCOE...LEMOYNE...THREE MILE
LAKE...BIG BALD HILL...COGILL LAKE...CARR LAKE...BUCKTAIL...SAND BEACH
LAKE...BROGANVILLE...DIAMOND BAR LAKE...CALORA...NEVENS...BUCKTAIL LAKE...
LENA...GREEN LAKE AND EAST CODY LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 111.
 HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 133 AND 138...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 169 AND 186.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115 AND 143.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

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

LAT...LON 4198 10118 4103 10142 4106 10194 4159 10161
      4199 10161
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 290DEG 35KT 4182 10151 4156 10145 4108 10168 

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

ROBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 6:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry41 min
May 22, 6:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFThomas26 min
May 22, 6:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLogan30 min
May 22, 6:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningLBFCherry6 hr
May 22, 6:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry53 min
May 22, 6:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLogan33 min
May 22, 6:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Logan27 min
May 22, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry43 min
May 22, 7:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan45 min
May 22, 7:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha6 hr
May 22, 7:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry43 min
May 22, 7:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan37 min
May 22, 8:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Grant, Hooker51 min
May 22, 9:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Keya Paha24 min
May 22, 9:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFMcPherson, Perkins64 min
May 22, 10:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBlaine, Logan39 min
May 22, 11:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarfield, Loup, Rock42 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.