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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS North Platte, NE

May 30, 2016Garden County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2016, 2:58 PM MDT for Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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 30, 2016, 2:58 PM MDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2016, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Garden County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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 30, 3:22 PM MDTHAIL 0.884 Wnw Oshkosh, NE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 2:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2016-05-30Temperature 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°0°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 2016-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -51 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

595 
WUUS53 KLBF 302058
SVRLBF
NEC069-302130-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0085.160530T2058Z-160530T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
258 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN GARDEN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 330 PM MDT

* AT 257 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  LISCO...OR 12 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SUGAR LOAF HILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4155 10242 4134 10234 4130 10261 4131 10262
      4137 10261 4139 10261 4140 10264 4143 10264
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 240DEG 9KT 4139 10259 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MARTIN
1 follow-up statement
798 
WWUS53 KLBF 302111
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
311 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2016

NEC069-302130-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-160530T2130Z/
GARDEN NE-
311 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GARDEN COUNTY...

AT 311 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LISCO...OR 10 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUGAR LOAF HILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4155 10242 4134 10234 4130 10261 4131 10262
      4137 10261 4139 10261 4140 10264 4143 10264
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 240DEG 9KT 4141 10255 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MARTIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 6:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln35 min
May 29, 6:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln34 min
May 29, 6:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Hayes, Perkins28 min
May 29, 6:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster25 min
May 29, 6:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln28 min
May 29, 6:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster33 min
May 29, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln31 min
May 29, 7:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln13 min
May 29, 7:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster31 min
May 29, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Logan30 min
May 29, 7:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine32 min
May 29, 8:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFValley30 min
May 29, 9:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarfield41 min
May 29, 9:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Loup36 min
May 29, 9:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha, Rock32 min
May 29, 10:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Rock27 min
May 29, 10:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt17 min
May 29, 10:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock31 min
May 29, 10:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Holt32 min
May 30, 2:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry43 min
May 30, 2:29 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLBFGarden31 min
May 30, 3:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry41 min
May 30, 3:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden33 min
May 30, 3:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry63 min
May 30, 4:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarden38 min
May 30, 4:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeith29 min
May 30, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant34 min
May 30, 4:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry60 min
May 30, 5:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeith, Perkins30 min
May 30, 5:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry, Keya Paha41 min
May 30, 5:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln28 min
May 30, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFChase, Hayes43 min
May 30, 5:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln34 min
May 30, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry46 min
May 30, 5:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeya Paha57 min
May 30, 5:54 PM MDTSevere 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.