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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE

March 23, 2017Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2017, 8:17 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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
Mar 23, 2017, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2017, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Custer County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Mar 23, 8:34 PM CDTHAIL 24 W Broken Bow, NEHAIL REPORTED ON CALLAWAY ROAD.

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

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 00:00Z on 2017-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1331 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2017-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1331 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

754 
WUUS53 KLBF 240117
SVRLBF
NEC041-240200-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0004.170324T0117Z-170324T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
817 PM CDT THU MAR 23 2017

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Custer County in central Nebraska...

* Until 900 PM CDT

* At 816 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Callaway, or
  13 miles southwest of Broken Bow, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Broken Bow, Callaway, Merna and Lodi. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.

&&

LAT...LON 4119 9979 4126 10001 4161 9983 4155 9948
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 219DEG 30KT 4130 9985 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JWS
3 follow-up statements
518 
WWUS53 KLBF 240127
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
827 PM CDT THU MAR 23 2017

NEC041-240200-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170324T0200Z/
Custer NE-
827 PM CDT THU MAR 23 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY...

At 826 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Broken Bow,
moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

Locations impacted include...
Broken Bow, Callaway, Merna and Lodi. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4119 9979 4126 10001 4161 9983 4155 9948
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 216DEG 47KT 4140 9975 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JWS
144 
WWUS53 KLBF 240137
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
837 PM CDT THU MAR 23 2017

NEC041-240200-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170324T0200Z/
Custer NE-
837 PM CDT THU MAR 23 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY...

At 837 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Merna, or 7
miles west of Broken Bow, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

Locations impacted include...
Broken Bow, Callaway, Merna and Lodi. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4119 9979 4126 10001 4161 9983 4155 9948
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 221DEG 38KT 4139 9977 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JWS
868 
WWUS53 KLBF 240158
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
858 PM CDT THU MAR 23 2017

NEC041-240207-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170324T0200Z/
Custer NE-
858 PM CDT THU MAR 23 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4119 9979 4126 10001 4161 9983 4155 9948
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 219DEG 30KT 4149 9966 

$$

JWS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster42 min
Mar 23, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster26 min
Mar 23, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Loup29 min
Mar 23, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLogan48 min
Mar 23, 9:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster52 min
Mar 23, 9:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFCuster6 hr

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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.