Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2017, 4:37 PM MDT for Keith County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 min. 6 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
- Aug 2, 2017, 4:37 PM MDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2017, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 4:56 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Nw Sarben, NE | PEA TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL |
| Aug 2, 5:05 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sarben, NE | CORN CROP STRIPPED DUE TO WIND AND HAIL |
| Aug 2, 5:05 PM MDT | HAIL 2 | Sarben, NE | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Aug 2, 5:07 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | Sarben, NE | RELAYED BY PAXTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WITH 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS. |
| Aug 2, 5:07 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | Sarben, NE | RELAYED BY PAXTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WITH 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS. UPDATE, THEY ALSO RELAYED DAMAGE FROM HAIL INCLUDING HOLES IN SIDING AND CRACKED TO BUSTED WINDSHIELDS. |
| Aug 2, 5:09 PM MDT | HAIL 2.5 | Sarben, NE | GOLF TO TENNIS BALL HAIL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -349 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
820
WUUS53 KLBF 022237
SVRLBF
NEC101-111-022315-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0166.170802T2237Z-170802T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
537 PM CDT WED AUG 2 2017
The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Keith County in southwestern Nebraska...
West central Lincoln County in southwestern Nebraska...
* Until 615 PM CDT/515 PM MDT/
* At 536 PM CDT/436 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 12
miles north of Sarben, or 22 miles northeast of Ogallala, moving
south at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Sutherland, Paxton, Sutherland Reservoir State Recreation Area,
Sarben, Big Bald Hill, Coker, Nevens and Broganville.
This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 137 and
160.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4138 10151 4140 10142 4139 10125 4107 10102
4100 10146 4100 10154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 350DEG 26KT 4133 10138
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Buttler1 follow-up statement
729
WWUS53 KLBF 022254
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
554 PM CDT WED AUG 2 2017
NEC101-111-022315-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-170802T2315Z/
Keith NE-Lincoln NE-
554 PM CDT WED AUG 2 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM
CDT/515 PM MDT/ FOR EASTERN KEITH AND WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN
COUNTIES...
At 553 PM CDT/453 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near
Sarben, or 20 miles east of Ogallala, moving south at 25 mph.
This is a very dangerous storm.
HAZARD...Baseball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be severely injured.
Expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs,
siding, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Sutherland, Paxton, Sutherland Reservoir State Recreation Area,
Sarben, Big Bald Hill, Coker, Nevens and Broganville.
This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 137 and
160.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
This is a dangerous storm. Prepare immediately for large destructive
hail capable of producing significant damage. People outside should
move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from windows.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4138 10151 4140 10142 4139 10125 4107 10102
4100 10146 4100 10154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 350DEG 23KT 4122 10136
HAIL...2.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ButtlerThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 6:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, Thomas | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 6:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Logan, Thomas | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 7:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 7:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Lincoln | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 7:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 7:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 7:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Frontier | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 8:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 8:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Frontier | 52 min |
| Aug 1, 9:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Frontier | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 3:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hooker | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 3:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Arthur | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 3:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 3:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 4:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Thomas | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Hooker | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 5:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Logan | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant, McPherson | 51 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.