Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS North Platte, NE
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.
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 24, 8:16 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 9 Sse Big Springs, NE | WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH. |
| May 24, 8:51 PM MDT | HAIL 0.5 | 3 N Ogallala, NE | GROUND IS NEARLY WHITE |
| May 24, 9:02 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 13 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:09 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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
$$
TAYLOR1 follow-up statement
097
WWUS53 KLBF 250224
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
824 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
NEC049-101-135-250300-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-160525T0300Z/
DEUEL NE-KEITH NE-PERKINS NE-
824 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN DEUEL...WESTERN KEITH AND NORTHERN PERKINS
COUNTIES...
AT 824 PM MDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRULE TO 6 MILES WEST OF GRANT...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OGALLALA...BIG SPRINGS...BRULE...KINGSLEY DAM...ROSCOE...BARTON...LEMOYNE...
LAKE VIEW CAMPGROUND...GOLDENEYE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...WILD
HORSE SPRING AND MEGEATH.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 107.
HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 130 AND 138.
INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND 138.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE MCCONAUGHY...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO
15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4137 10175 4094 10132 4081 10205 4100 10205
4100 10220 4102 10221
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 242DEG 33KT 4114 10198 4088 10184
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TAYLORThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Deuel | 45 min |
| May 24, 7:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Garden | 43 min |
| May 24, 7:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Deuel, Garden | 52 min |
| May 24, 7:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 39 min |
| May 24, 8:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 42 min |
| May 24, 8:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 25 min |
| May 24, 8:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 24 min |
| May 24, 8:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 31 min |
| May 24, 8:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| May 24, 9:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 45 min |
| May 24, 9:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 30 min |
| May 24, 9:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 52 min |
| May 24, 9:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 51 min |
| May 24, 9:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 50 min |
| May 24, 9:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Logan, Thomas | 47 min |
| May 24, 10:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 40 min |
| May 24, 10:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes | 45 min |
| May 24, 10:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Loup | 52 min |
| May 24, 10:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha | 50 min |
| May 24, 10:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 56 min |
| May 24, 10:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Frontier | 48 min |
| May 24, 10:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 46 min |
| May 24, 11:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Boyd, Garfield, Holt, Rock, Wheeler | 61 min |
| May 24, 11:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 45 min |
| May 25, 12:06 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Boyd, Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 54 min |
| May 25, 12:22 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins | 38 min |
| May 25, 12:59 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keith | 46 min |
| May 25, 1:22 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 38 min |
| May 25, 2:01 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Perkins | 44 min |
| May 25, 1:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 46 min |
| May 25, 2:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 41 min |
| May 25, 2:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 46 min |
| May 25, 3:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 48 min |
| May 25, 4:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 38 min |
| May 25, 4:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 48 min |
| May 25, 5:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 43 min |
| May 25, 5:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Chase | 43 min |
| May 25, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 65 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.