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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS North Platte, NE

May 29, 2016Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2016, 7:26 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 7:26 PM CDTHAIL 1.753 Ene North Platte, NE
May 29, 7:28 PM CDTHAIL 1Maxwell, NE
May 29, 7:29 PM CDTHAIL 1.753 Ene North Platte, 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 2 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1232 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
1232 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

As transmitted.

076 
WUUS53 KLBF 300026
SVRLBF
NEC111-300100-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0069.160530T0026Z-160530T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 726 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH PLATTE
  AIRPORT...OR NEAR NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NORTH PLATTE...MAXWELL...NORTH PLATTE AIRPORT AND KEITH. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 192.
 HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 99.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4098 10063 4111 10083 4135 10064 4112 10028
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 220DEG 12KT 4112 10067 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

POWER
1 follow-up statement
243 
WWUS53 KLBF 300051
SVSLBF

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

NEC111-300100-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-160530T0100Z/
LINCOLN NE-
751 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 750 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH PLATTE
AIRPORT...OR 9 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAXWELL AND KEITH. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 190 AND 191.
 HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 99.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4104 10052 4119 10077 4135 10064 4112 10028
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 220DEG 12KT 4118 10060 

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

POWER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln35 min
May 29, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Hayes, Perkins28 min
May 29, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster25 min
May 29, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln28 min
May 29, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster33 min
May 29, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln31 min
May 29, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln13 min
May 29, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster31 min
May 29, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Logan30 min
May 29, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine32 min
May 29, 9:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFValley30 min
May 29, 10:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarfield41 min
May 29, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Loup36 min
May 29, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha, Rock32 min
May 29, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Rock27 min
May 29, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt17 min
May 29, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock31 min
May 29, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Holt32 min
May 30, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry43 min
May 30, 3:29 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLBFGarden31 min
May 30, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden32 min
May 30, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry41 min
May 30, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden33 min
May 30, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry63 min
May 30, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarden38 min
May 30, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeith29 min
May 30, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant34 min
May 30, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry60 min
May 30, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeith, Perkins30 min
May 30, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry, Keya Paha41 min
May 30, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln28 min
May 30, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFChase, Hayes43 min
May 30, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln34 min
May 30, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry46 min
May 30, 6:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeya Paha57 min
May 30, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins36 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.