Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS North Platte, NE

May 30, 2016Keith County, Lincoln County, Nebraska

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 5:30 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 60Paxton, NEWINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE SUSTAINED AT BETWEEN 45 TO 50 MPH.
May 30, 5:48 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 62Sutherland, NE
May 30, 5:49 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 68Sutherland, NE
May 30, 5:55 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 525 N Hershey, NEPEA 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.

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

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°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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

121 
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
 
$$

MARTIN
1 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
 
$$

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, 2:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden32 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, 5:32 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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.