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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS North Platte, NE

May 29, 2016Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2016, 7:57 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 min. 2 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, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Custer County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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, 8:08 PM CDTHAIL 16 Sse Callaway, NEHAIL WAS SOFT AND WAS BREAKING UP AS IT HIT THE GROUND...WITH MOST OF THE SIZES BEING NICKEL.
May 29, 8:30 PM CDTHAIL 19 Sw Broken Bow, 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 64 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.

277 
WUUS53 KLBF 300057
SVRLBF
NEC041-300130-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0073.160530T0057Z-160530T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 756 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALLAWAY TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF OCONTO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CALLAWAY...MERNA...OCONTO...BUCKEYE...PRESSEY STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
  AREA...BURR OAK AND LODI.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 269 AND 273.
 HIGHWAY 92 NEAR MILE MARKER 273.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4124 10012 4151 9975 4105 9949 4104 9951
      4105 10002
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 236DEG 21KT 4121 10001 4102 9990 

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

POWER
1 follow-up statement
790 
WWUS53 KLBF 300121
SVSLBF

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

NEC041-300130-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-160530T0130Z/
CUSTER NE-
821 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY...

AT 820 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CALLAWAY TO NEAR OCONTO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CALLAWAY...MERNA...OCONTO...BUCKEYE...PRESSEY STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
AREA...BURR OAK AND LODI.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 269 AND 273.
 HIGHWAY 92 NEAR MILE MARKER 273.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4135 9996 4151 9975 4105 9949 4104 9951
      4105 9995
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 236DEG 21KT 4129 9985 4110 9974 

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, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln34 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, 7:59 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.