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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS North Platte, NE

May 26, 2016Frontier County, Hayes County, Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2016, 10:24 PM CDT for Frontier County, Hayes County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 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 26, 2016, 10:24 PM CDT (03:24 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 26, 10:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	1 N Wellfleet, NE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 50 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: 20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

389 
WUUS53 KLBF 270324
SVRLBF
NEC063-085-111-270400-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0063.160527T0324Z-160527T0400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1024 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HAYES COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
  WESTERN FRONTIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1023 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CURTIS...
  MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CURTIS...WELLFLEET...MOOREFIELD...STOCKVILLE...MAYWOOD...HANSEN MEMORIAL
  RESERVE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND DANCING LEAF EARTH
  LODGE.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 64.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4060 10093 4100 10067 4081 10022 4070 10022
      4070 10016 4041 10042
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 193DEG 27KT 4065 10060 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

TAYLOR

2 follow-up statements

882 
WWUS53 KLBF 270355
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1055 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

NEC063-085-111-270400-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160527T0400Z/
HAYES NE-FRONTIER NE-LINCOLN NE-
1055 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN HAYES...WESTERN FRONTIER AND SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN
COUNTIES...

AT 1054 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MOOREFIELD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CURTIS...WELLFLEET...MOOREFIELD...STOCKVILLE...MAYWOOD...HANSEN MEMORIAL
RESERVE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND DANCING LEAF EARTH LODGE.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 64.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4060 10093 4100 10067 4081 10022 4070 10022
      4070 10016 4041 10042
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 185DEG 32KT 4073 10049 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TAYLOR

749 
WWUS53 KLBF 270402
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1102 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

NEC063-085-111-270411-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160527T0400Z/
HAYES NE-FRONTIER NE-LINCOLN NE-
1102 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HAYES...WESTERN
FRONTIER AND SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NORTH PLATTE.

LAT...LON 4060 10093 4100 10067 4081 10022 4070 10022
      4070 10016 4041 10042
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 193DEG 27KT 4073 10049 

$$

TAYLOR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	49 min
May 26, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Frontier, Hayes	39 min
May 26, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier, Hayes	40 min
May 27, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	45 min
May 27, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	38 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.