Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2016, 5:17 PM MDT for Keith County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 min. 4 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 30, 2016, 5:17 PM MDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2016, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 5:30 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Paxton, NE | WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE SUSTAINED AT BETWEEN 45 TO 50 MPH. |
| May 30, 5:48 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | Sutherland, NE | |
| May 30, 5:49 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 68 | Sutherland, NE | |
| May 30, 5:55 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 52 | 5 N Hershey, NE | PEA SIZE HAIL AND TREES WERE SWAYING SIDEWAYS. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 59 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KLBF 302317
SVRLBF
NEC101-111-302345-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0091.160530T2317Z-160530T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
617 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN KEITH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT/545 PM MDT/
* AT 617 PM CDT/517 PM MDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
KEYSTONE...OR 14 MILES EAST OF OGALLALA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUTHERLAND...HERSHEY...PAXTON...KEYSTONE...KINGSLEY DAM...ROSCOE...
SARBEN...SUTHERLAND RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...BIG BALD HILL...
BROGANVILLE...NEVENS...COKER AND O'FALLONS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 95.
INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 130 AND 168.
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.
IF ON OR NEAR SUTHERLAND RESERVOIR...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND
MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE
OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO
SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
&&
LAT...LON 4103 10165 4133 10168 4140 10097 4139 10091
4099 10093
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 266DEG 38KT 4121 10147
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MARTIN1 follow-up statement
321
WWUS53 KLBF 302329
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
629 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016
NEC101-111-302345-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-160530T2345Z/
KEITH NE-LINCOLN NE-
629 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM
CDT/545 PM MDT/ FOR EASTERN KEITH AND NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN
COUNTIES...
AT 629 PM CDT/529 PM MDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
SARBEN...OR 21 MILES EAST OF OGALLALA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUTHERLAND...HERSHEY...PAXTON...KEYSTONE...SARBEN...SUTHERLAND RESERVOIR
STATE RECREATION AREA...BIG BALD HILL...NEVENS...COKER...O'FALLONS AND
BROGANVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 134 AND
168.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR SUTHERLAND RESERVOIR...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND
MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE
OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO
SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
&&
LAT...LON 4103 10157 4134 10161 4140 10097 4139 10091
4099 10093
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 268DEG 36KT 4120 10132
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MARTINThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 35 min |
| May 29, 6:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 34 min |
| May 29, 6:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Perkins | 28 min |
| May 29, 6:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 25 min |
| May 29, 6:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 28 min |
| May 29, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 33 min |
| May 29, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 31 min |
| May 29, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 13 min |
| May 29, 7:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 31 min |
| May 29, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Logan | 30 min |
| May 29, 7:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine | 32 min |
| May 29, 8:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Valley | 30 min |
| May 29, 9:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Garfield | 41 min |
| May 29, 9:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Loup | 36 min |
| May 29, 9:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha, Rock | 32 min |
| May 29, 10:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 27 min |
| May 29, 10:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 17 min |
| May 29, 10:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock | 31 min |
| May 29, 10:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 32 min |
| May 30, 2:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 43 min |
| May 30, 2:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden | 31 min |
| May 30, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 32 min |
| May 30, 3:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 41 min |
| May 30, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 33 min |
| May 30, 3:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 63 min |
| May 30, 4:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Garden | 38 min |
| May 30, 4:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keith | 29 min |
| May 30, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant | 34 min |
| May 30, 4:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 60 min |
| May 30, 5:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 30 min |
| May 30, 5:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha | 41 min |
| May 30, 5:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 43 min |
| May 30, 5:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln | 34 min |
| May 30, 5:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| May 30, 5:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keya Paha | 57 min |
| May 30, 5:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins | 36 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.