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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS North Platte, NE

May 24, 2016Deuel County, Keith County, Perkins County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 8:10 PM MDT for Deuel County, Keith County, Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 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 24, 2016, 8:10 PM MDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2016, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Deuel County, NE, Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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 24, 8:16 PM MDTHAIL 0.889 Sse Big Springs, NEWINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH.
May 24, 8:51 PM MDTHAIL 0.53 N Ogallala, NEGROUND IS NEARLY WHITE
May 24, 9:02 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 6013 S Paxton, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 6:09 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2016-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1159 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2016-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted.

201 
WUUS53 KLBF 250210
SVRLBF
NEC049-101-135-250300-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0047.160525T0210Z-160525T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
810 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN DEUEL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...
  WESTERN KEITH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
  NORTHERN PERKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 900 PM MDT

* AT 810 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  BIG SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...BIG SPRINGS...BRULE...KINGSLEY DAM...ROSCOE...BARTON...
  LEMOYNE...LAKE VIEW CAMPGROUND...GOLDENEYE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
  AREA...WILD HORSE SPRING AND MEGEATH.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 107.
 HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 130 AND 138.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND 138.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE MCCONAUGHY...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO
15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4137 10175 4094 10132 4081 10205 4100 10205
      4100 10220 4102 10221
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 246DEG 35KT 4095 10205 

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

TAYLOR
1 follow-up statement
097 
WWUS53 KLBF 250224
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
824 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016

NEC049-101-135-250300-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-160525T0300Z/
DEUEL NE-KEITH NE-PERKINS NE-
824 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN DEUEL...WESTERN KEITH AND NORTHERN PERKINS
COUNTIES...

AT 824 PM MDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRULE TO 6 MILES WEST OF GRANT...
MOVING NORTHEAST 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...BIG SPRINGS...BRULE...KINGSLEY DAM...ROSCOE...BARTON...LEMOYNE...
LAKE VIEW CAMPGROUND...GOLDENEYE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...WILD
HORSE SPRING AND MEGEATH.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 107.
 HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 130 AND 138.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND 138.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE MCCONAUGHY...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO
15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4137 10175 4094 10132 4081 10205 4100 10205
      4100 10220 4102 10221
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 242DEG 33KT 4114 10198 4088 10184 

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

TAYLOR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 6:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFDeuel45 min
May 24, 7:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarden43 min
May 24, 7:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFDeuel, Garden52 min
May 24, 7:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan39 min
May 24, 8:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeith, Perkins42 min
May 24, 8:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan25 min
May 24, 8:21 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFChase24 min
May 24, 8:44 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFChase31 min
May 24, 8:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry46 min
May 24, 9:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln, Perkins45 min
May 24, 9:15 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFChase30 min
May 24, 9:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes52 min
May 24, 9:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLincoln51 min
May 24, 9:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry50 min
May 24, 9:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLogan, Thomas47 min
May 24, 10:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry40 min
May 24, 10:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Hayes45 min
May 24, 10:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBlaine, Custer, Loup52 min
May 24, 10:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBrown, Keya Paha50 min
May 24, 10:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster56 min
May 24, 10:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier48 min
May 24, 10:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase46 min
May 24, 11:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBoyd, Garfield, Holt, Rock, Wheeler61 min
May 24, 11:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase45 min
May 25, 12:06 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBoyd, Garfield, Holt, Wheeler54 min
May 25, 12:22 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins38 min
May 25, 12:59 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeith46 min
May 25, 1:22 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLincoln38 min
May 25, 2:01 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFPerkins44 min
May 25, 1:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan46 min
May 25, 2:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan41 min
May 25, 2:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan46 min
May 25, 3:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan48 min
May 25, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan38 min
May 25, 4:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeith, Perkins48 min
May 25, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry43 min
May 25, 5:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFChase43 min
May 25, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Holt65 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.