Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2018, 6:46 PM MDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 44 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
- Jun 6, 2018, 6:46 PM MDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2018, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Cherry County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:10 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 10 Sse Ellsworth, NE | MAINLY PENNY SIZE HAIL WITH A FEW QUARTER SIZE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 7:32 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 135 days |
| Jun 6, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 2094 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2401 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
787 WUUS53 KLBF 070046 SVRLBF NEC031-069-075-161-070130- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0113.180607T0046Z-180607T0130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service North Platte NE 646 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2018 The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Cherry County in north central Nebraska... Northwestern Grant County in west central Nebraska... North central Garden County in the Panhandle of Nebraska... Southeastern Sheridan County in the Panhandle of Nebraska... * Until 730 PM MDT. * At 646 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ellsworth, or 35 miles east of Alliance, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * Locations impacted include... Ellsworth, Watson Lake, Bingham, Dipping Vat Meadow, Wolf Hill, Finnegan Lake, Kincaid Lake, Kennedy Lake and Wild Horse Flats. This includes Highway 2 between mile markers 117 and 132. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4189 10216 4199 10236 4237 10207 4222 10178 TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 214DEG 21KT 4201 10220 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ Power
2 follow-up statements
913 WWUS53 KLBF 070104 SVSLBF Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service North Platte NE 704 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2018 NEC031-069-075-161-070130- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-180607T0130Z/ Cherry NE-Grant NE-Garden NE-Sheridan NE- 704 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2018 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY...NORTHWESTERN GRANT...NORTH CENTRAL GARDEN AND SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES... At 703 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ellsworth, or 36 miles east of Alliance, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Ellsworth, Watson Lake, Bingham, Dipping Vat Meadow, Wolf Hill, Finnegan Lake, Kincaid Lake and Kennedy Lake. This includes Highway 2 between mile markers 117 and 132. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from windows. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4193 10211 4199 10236 4237 10207 4222 10178 TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 210DEG 11KT 4205 10217 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ Power
565
WWUS53 KLBF 070130
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
730 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2018
NEC031-069-075-161-070139-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-180607T0130Z/
Cherry NE-Grant NE-Garden NE-Sheridan NE-
730 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY...
NORTHWESTERN GRANT...NORTH CENTRAL GARDEN AND SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM MDT for
the Panhandle of, north central and west central Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4193 10211 4199 10236 4237 10207 4222 10178
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 214DEG 21KT 4217 10206
$$
PowerThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 6:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Grant | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Garden, Grant, Sheridan | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Keith, Perkins | 52 min |
| Jun 6, 7:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Deuel, Keith, Perkins | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 7:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 7:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 7:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 7:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 7:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Grant | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 8:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 8:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hooker | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 8:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hooker | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 8:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 8:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Chase | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 8:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 8:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 8:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, McPherson, Thomas | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 8:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 8:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 8:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Chase | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 9:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 9:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Wheeler | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 9:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 9:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Thomas | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 9:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 9:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 9:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | 61 min |
| Jun 6, 9:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Thomas | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 9:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Logan | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 9:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 9:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Thomas | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 9:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hayes | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 9:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 10:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 10:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Wheeler | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 10:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Blaine, Brown | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 10:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Garfield | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 11:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Frontier | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 11:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 11:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Loup | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 11:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Loup | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 11:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Gosper | 29 min |
| Jun 7, 12:00 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Loup | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 12:07 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Garfield, Holt | 38 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.