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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS North Platte, NE

May 24, 2016Chase County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 10:59 PM MDT for Chase County, 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 24, 2016, 10:59 PM MDT (04:59 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2016, 11:45 PM MDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Chase County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 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, 11:38 PM MDT	HAIL 1.25	Champion, 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

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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: 484 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.0

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The text

As transmitted.

434 
WUUS53 KLBF 250459
SVRLBF
NEC029-250545-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0052.160525T0459Z-160525T0545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1059 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT

* AT 1058 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES SOUTH OF
  LAMAR...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF WRAY...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
  CHAMPION AND CRETE. 

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 MIDNIGHT MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4048 10205 4054 10168 4035 10167 4035 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 263DEG 23KT 4035 10207 

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

TAYLOR

2 follow-up statements

963 
WWUS53 KLBF 250519
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1119 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016

NEC029-250545-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160525T0545Z/
CHASE NE-
1119 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHASE COUNTY...

AT 1118 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF
CHAMPION...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHAMPION AND CRETE. 

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 MIDNIGHT MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4047 10200 4054 10168 4035 10167 4037 10197
TIME...MOT...LOC 0518Z 248DEG 24KT 4041 10190 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TAYLOR

540 
WWUS53 KLBF 250528
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1128 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016

NEC029-250545-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160525T0545Z/
CHASE NE-
1128 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHASE COUNTY...

AT 1128 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHAMPION...OR
10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHAMPION AND CRETE. 

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 MIDNIGHT MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4048 10191 4054 10168 4039 10167 4039 10191
TIME...MOT...LOC 0528Z 242DEG 27KT 4045 10182 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TAYLOR

The 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, 8:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel, Keith, Perkins	50 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, 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.