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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS North Platte, NE

May 29, 2016Custer County, Logan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT for Custer County, Logan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Custer County, NE, Logan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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, 8:36 PM CDTHAIL 0.8811 E Stapleton, 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 56 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°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.

029 
WUUS53 KLBF 300130
SVRLBF
NEC041-113-300200-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0077.160530T0130Z-160530T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 830 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF GANDY...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF STAPLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ARNOLD...LOGAN...HOAGLAND...SHANKLIN BLUFF...TARBOZ LAKE AND BROWN
  LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 242 AND 249.
 HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 118 AND 123.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4162 10057 4175 10022 4174 10019 4156 9996
      4139 10025 4139 10030
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 235DEG 20KT 4158 10039 

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

POWER
2 follow-up statements
117 
WWUS53 KLBF 300144
SVSLBF

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

NEC041-113-300200-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-160530T0200Z/
CUSTER NE-LOGAN NE-
844 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CUSTER AND NORTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES...

AT 844 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST
OF GANDY...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF STAPLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN CUSTER AND NORTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4175 10022 4174 10019 4156 9996 4146 10025
      4167 10045
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 235DEG 20KT 4163 10030 

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

POWER
902 
WWUS53 KLBF 300200
SVSLBF

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

NEC041-113-300210-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-160530T0200Z/
CUSTER NE-LOGAN NE-
900 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CUSTER AND
NORTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4175 10022 4174 10019 4156 9996 4146 10025
      4167 10045
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 235DEG 20KT 4163 10030 

$$

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, 7:57 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, 8:58 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.