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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS North Platte, NE

May 29, 2016Frontier County, Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2016, 6:31 PM CDT for Frontier County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 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 29, 2016, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Frontier County, NE, Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 6:40 PM CDTHAIL 16 S Eustis, NE
May 29, 6:45 PM CDTHAIL 0.885 Wsw Eustis, NEHEAVY RAIN ALSO FALLING
May 29, 6:47 PM CDTHAIL 0.752 Nw Eustis, 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 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

160 
WUUS53 KLBF 292331
SVRLBF
NEC063-111-300000-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0065.160529T2331Z-160530T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
631 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 630 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WELLFLEET TO NEAR EUSTIS...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRADY...EUSTIS...MOOREFIELD...JEFFREY CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
  AREA...COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND VROMAN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 191 AND
208.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4080 10069 4111 10049 4100 10022 4070 10022
      4070 9998 4050 9999
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 218DEG 17KT 4082 10056 4059 10002 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

POWER
2 follow-up statements
383 
WWUS53 KLBF 292346
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
646 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

NEC063-111-300000-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-160530T0000Z/
FRONTIER NE-LINCOLN NE-
646 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FRONTIER AND SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 646 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRADY TO NEAR EUSTIS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRADY...EUSTIS...JEFFREY CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...
COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND VROMAN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 191 AND
208.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4086 10065 4111 10049 4100 10022 4070 10022
      4070 9998 4058 9999
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 218DEG 17KT 4088 10050 4065 9996 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

POWER
717 
WWUS53 KLBF 292358
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
658 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

NEC063-111-300008-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-160530T0000Z/
FRONTIER NE-LINCOLN NE-
658 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FRONTIER AND
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 4086 10065 4111 10049 4100 10022 4070 10022
      4070 9998 4058 9999
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 218DEG 17KT 4088 10050 4065 9996 

$$

POWER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarden39 min
May 28, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFArthur42 min
May 28, 9:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster48 min
May 29, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier28 min
May 29, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase31 min
May 29, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln34 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.