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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS North Platte, NE

May 30, 2016Lincoln County, Logan County, McPherson County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2016, 7:04 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Logan County, McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 min. 5 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, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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, 7:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	3 Nw Ringgold, NE	VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR...DELAYED REPORT
May 30, 7:17 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	9 Wsw Stapleton, NE	3 INCH DIAMETER COTTONWOOD BRANCHES BROKE OFF. BRANCHES WERE NOT THE HEALTHIEST OF BRANCHES.
May 30, 7:17 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	9 Wsw Stapleton, NE
May 30, 7:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 52	5 W Stapleton, NE
May 30, 7:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 N Ringgold, NE	WALL BLEW IN ON A METAL OUTBUILDING. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. DELAYED REPORT

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 6 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 43 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1852 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

307 
WUUS53 KLBF 310004
SVRLBF
NEC111-113-117-310030-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0094.160531T0004Z-160531T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
  WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 704 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  TRYON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STAPLETON...TRYON AND RINGGOLD. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 199 AND 233.
 HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 34.
 HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 103 AND 116.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4133 10110 4157 10105 4172 10052 4137 10048
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 265DEG 25KT 4146 10095 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MARTIN

1 follow-up statement

160 
WWUS53 KLBF 310018
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
718 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

NEC111-113-117-310030-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-160531T0030Z/
MCPHERSON NE-LINCOLN NE-LOGAN NE-
718 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON...NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN AND WESTERN LOGAN
COUNTIES...

AT 717 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RINGGOLD...OR
NEAR TRYON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STAPLETON...TRYON AND RINGGOLD. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 199 AND 233.
 HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 34.
 HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 103 AND 116.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4133 10110 4157 10105 4172 10052 4137 10048
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 257DEG 25KT 4152 10082 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MARTIN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 30, 6:40 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 6:40 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service North Platte NE
640 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Tuesday)
Issued at 255 PM CDT Mon May 30 2016

Rain showers and thunderstorms are beginning to develop across north
central Nebraska along the dry line. Thunderstorms are anticipated
to continue developing through the afternoon. As thunderstorms
encounter a more unstable atmosphere as they move eastward,
thunderstorms will become severe. These storms will expand southward
over the early evening hours as the cold front approaches the region
from the west. The greatest threat with these storms will large hail
and strong winds. Several hours of severe storms are possible as the
line slowly progresses eastward.

Storms will move out of the area around midnight as the cold front
pushes across Nebraska and the Northern Plains. Behind the front,
light showers and possibly some light fog will be possible through
8am.

Tuesday will be much drier and cooler across central Nebraska as
surface high pressure starts to build into the region. High
temperatures will top out in the low 70s on Tuesday.

.LONG TERM...(Tuesday night through Monday)
Issued at 255 PM CDT Mon May 30 2016

Tuesday night through Thursday...a dry forecast is in place through
early Thursday aftn. Both the NAM and GFS show a dryline bulge
developing across Ncntl Neb late Thursday aftn with K indices near
or above 40C. MLcape rises to around 2000j/kg with shear increasing
to around 35-40kt when calculated using mixed layer and 450 mb winds.
This places the bulk richardson number around 40 supporting isolated
storms. The NAM and GFS develop some convection by 00z Thursday
evening.

A blend of the GFS...SREF and NAM models produces dew points in the
upper 50s ahead of the dry line. Bias correction lowers them to the
mid 50s. The GFS and NAM show precipitable water increasing to
between 1.00 and 1.25 inches along and east of Highway 83. This
suggests that moisture will briefly return to the Cntl Plains this
week. CONRAD indicates the cape is too low for cell regeneration so
pops are isolated and this consistent with the GFS which shows very
light QPF.

Otherwise the forecast revolves around temperatures. The new
guidance is producing lows in the upper 30s at Alliance which would
produce lows near 40 across the Wrn Sandhills. The guidance produces
highs in the lower 70s Wednesday with lower 80s Thursday. The
temperature forecast uses a blend of 4 guidance data sets plus bias
correction.

Thursday night through Monday...a cold front will sweep the fcst
area Friday. Little cooling occurs behind the front. The main
feature is dry air and Pacific high pressure which will spend the
next 4 days sinking slowly south through Cntl and Srn Plains.

A dry forecast is in place with high temperatures in the upper 70s
to lower 80s. Strong upper level ridging will be in place centered
over the Cntl Rockies.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Tuesday evening)
Issued at 633 PM CDT Mon May 30 2016

An active line of thunderstorms...some with large hail and 60 mph
winds...was moving east across western Nebraska from KANW to KIML.
The line was moving around 25kts to the east and will move into
central Nebraska through the late evening. MVFR conditions are
associated with the thunderstorms...otherwise VFR conditions.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
Issued at 255 PM CDT Mon May 30 2016

Flooding along the North Platte River and main branch of the Platte
River will continue until further notice. Water levels are expected
to remain fairly steady over the next few days resulting in moderate
flooding to continue along the North Platte River at North Platte
and Lewellen. Minor flooding will also continue at Lisco along the
North Platte River and Brady along the main branch of the Platte
River. Although the South Platte river is not anticipated to flood
at this time, water levels will remain elevated at both Roscoe and
North Platte.

&&

.LBF Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
None.
&&

SHORT TERM...Kulik
LONG TERM...CDC
AVIATION...Power
HYDROLOGY...Kulik

Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 4:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
446 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-312200-
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
446 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016 /346 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN
SEVERE THREATS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING WILL BE THREATS AS WELL...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH OUTDOOR
INTERESTS.

MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE NORTH PLATTE
RIVER AND MAIN STEM PLATTE RIVER THROUGH TONIGHT. ELEVATED RIVER
LEVELS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER FROM ROSCOE TO
NORTH PLATTE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. AT THIS TIME...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE
STORMS IS LOW.

WATER RELEASES FROM RESERVOIRS IN WYOMING AND LAKE MCCONAUGHY
WILL MAINTAIN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING INTO JUNE FROM LISCO TO
NORTH PLATTE. THE PLATTE RIVER WILL REMAIN ELEVATED NEAR BRADY
WITH MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED. THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER WILL CONTINUE
TO REMAIN ELEVATED INTO JUNE...BUT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW
FLOOD STAGE AT ROSCOE AND NORTH PLATTE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

&&

GET YOUR WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE)

POWER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 6:44 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
644 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

NEZ005-094-310030-
EASTERN CHERRY NE-WESTERN CHERRY NE-
644 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL
730 PM CDT/630 PM MDT/...

AT 644 PM CDT/544 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF
MERRITT RESERVOIR TO 24 MILES NORTH OF MULLEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VALENTINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...SCHLAGEL CREEK STATE WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT AREA...HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE NORTH LOUP RIVER AND BIG
ALKALI LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 111.
 HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 189 AND 200.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT/900
PM MDT/ FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4270 10043 4232 10070 4237 10121 4274 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 252DEG 22KT 4268 10071 4237 10119

KULIK

Special weather statement, May 30, 6:48 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
648 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

NEZ005-006-008-310045-
EASTERN CHERRY NE-KEYA PAHA NE-BROWN NE-
648 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CHERRY...WESTERN
KEYA PAHA...NORTHERN BROWN AND NORTHWESTERN ROCK COUNTIES UNTIL 745
PM CDT...

AT 648 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTH OF NORDEN...OR 19 MILES WEST OF SPRINGVIEW...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AINSWORTH...SPRINGVIEW...LONG PINE...JOHNSTOWN...NORDEN...WOOD LAKE...
BOBCAT STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...MEADVILLE...NORTH RIVER TRAIL...
ANTELOPE PEAK...PINE GLEN STATE WILDLIFE REFUGE...THOMAS CREEK STATE
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...SPARKS AND KELLER PARK STATE RECREATION
AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 183 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 194 AND 225.
 HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 210 AND 251.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4262 10049 4299 10024 4300 9966 4251 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 255DEG 21KT 4276 10012

KULIK

Local storm report, May 30, 6:49 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
649 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0649 PM     TSTM WND GST     SUTHERLAND              41.16N 101.13W
05/30/2016  M68 MPH          LINCOLN            NE   PUBLIC

&&

MOLDAN

Local storm report, May 30, 6:53 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
653 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0647 PM     TSTM WND GST     IMPERIAL                40.52N 101.64W
05/30/2016  M61 MPH          CHASE              NE   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

&&

MOLDAN

Local storm report, May 30, 7:02 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
702 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0655 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 N HERSHEY             41.23N 101.00W
05/30/2016  M52 MPH          LINCOLN            NE   PUBLIC

            PEA SIZE HAIL AND TREES WERE SWAYING SIDEWAYS.

&&

MOLDAN

Local storm report, May 30, 7:03 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
703 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0702 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 N NORTH PLATTE        41.21N 100.77W
05/30/2016  M55 MPH          LINCOLN            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MOLDAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Keya Paha	40 min
May 30, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	48 min
May 30, 7:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	37 min
May 30, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan, McPherson	35 min
May 30, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	33 min
May 30, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	45 min
May 30, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Cherry	45 min
May 30, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln, Logan	41 min
May 30, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	22 min
May 30, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	35 min
May 30, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Loup, Rock	79 min
May 30, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	30 min
May 30, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Boyd, Garfield, Holt, Loup	57 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.