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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS North Platte, NE

May 29, 2016Chase County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2016, 5:44 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 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 29, 2016, 5:44 PM MDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2016, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Chase County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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 29, 6:00 PM MDT	HAIL 1	2 Ssw Imperial, 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 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.

676 
WUUS53 KLBF 292344
SVRLBF
NEC029-300015-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0066.160529T2344Z-160530T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT

* AT 544 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  CHAMPION...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
  MPH.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHAMPION AND CHURCH GROVE CAMPGROUND. 

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 28.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4036 10191 4057 10174 4038 10148 4035 10154
      4035 10189
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 223DEG 8KT 4036 10176 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

POWER

2 follow-up statements

110 
WWUS53 KLBF 300001
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
601 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

NEC029-300015-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160530T0015Z/
CHASE NE-
601 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY...

AT 601 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHAMPION...OR 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHAMPION AND CHURCH GROVE CAMPGROUND. 

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 28.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4036 10191 4057 10174 4038 10148 4035 10154
      4035 10189
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 223DEG 8KT 4039 10173 

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

POWER

922 
WWUS53 KLBF 300011
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
611 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

NEC029-300021-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160530T0015Z/
CHASE NE-
611 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM MDT...
                
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 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 4036 10191 4057 10174 4038 10148 4035 10154
      4035 10189
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 223DEG 8KT 4039 10173 

$$

POWER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 6:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	39 min
May 28, 7:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Arthur	42 min
May 28, 8:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	48 min
May 29, 5:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	28 min
May 29, 5:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Lincoln	29 min
May 29, 5:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	34 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.