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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS North Platte, NE

May 30, 2016Logan County, McPherson County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2016, 7:25 PM CDT for Logan County, McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 min. 3 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, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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, 7:25 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
May 30, 8:08 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	14 Ene Stapleton, NE	WINDS GUSTS WERE ESTIMATED AROUND 30 MPH

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

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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.

010 
WUUS53 KLBF 310025
SVRLBF
NEC113-117-310100-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0097.160531T0025Z-160531T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 725 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF STAPLETON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STAPLETON...TRYON...GANDY...RINGGOLD...LOGAN...SHANKLIN BLUFF...HOAGLAND...
  TARBOZ LAKE AND BROWN LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 204 AND 245.
 HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 26.
 HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106 AND 130.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4140 10101 4170 10090 4174 10046 4174 10027
      4173 10025 4139 10026 4139 10096
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 256DEG 37KT 4155 10062 

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

MARTIN

1 follow-up statement

470 
WWUS53 KLBF 310039
SVSLBF

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

NEC113-117-310100-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-160531T0100Z/
MCPHERSON NE-LOGAN NE-
739 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN MCPHERSON AND LOGAN COUNTIES...

AT 739 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
GANDY...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF STAPLETON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STAPLETON...GANDY...RINGGOLD...LOGAN...SHANKLIN BLUFF...HOAGLAND...TARBOZ
LAKE AND BROWN LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 208 AND 245.
 HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 26.
 HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106 AND 130.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4170 10090 4174 10046 4174 10027 4173 10025
      4139 10026 4139 10089
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 256DEG 37KT 4159 10043 

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

MARTIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln, Logan, McPherson	26 min
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, 7:27 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.