Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2019, 5:13 PM MDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2019, 5:13 PM MDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2019, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Arthur County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE, McPherson County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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.
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 17, 1:59 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -721 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1114 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
622
WUUS53 KLBF 172313
SVRLBF
NEC005-075-091-117-180000-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0021.190517T2313Z-190518T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
613 PM CDT Fri May 17 2019
The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Arthur County in west central Nebraska...
Southeastern Grant County in west central Nebraska...
Southwestern Hooker County in west central Nebraska...
Northwestern McPherson County in west central Nebraska...
* Until 700 PM CDT/600 PM MDT/.
* At 612 PM CDT/512 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 9
miles east of Arthur, moving north at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
* Locations impacted include...
Arthur, Lena, Sand Puddin Lake, Flatts, Cogill Lake, East Cody
Lake, Calora, Green Lake, Bucktail Lake, Sand Beach Lake, Three
Mile Lake, Spring Valley Lake, Bucktail and Big Lamunyon Flats.
This includes the following highways...
Highway 61 near mile marker 125.
Highway 92 between mile markers 165 and 185.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT/900 PM MDT/ for
west central Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4142 10140 4144 10170 4188 10166 4181 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 199DEG 32KT 4156 10151
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
JWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 6:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hayes | 25 min |
| May 16, 6:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Perkins | 37 min |
| May 16, 7:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keith | 52 min |
| May 16, 7:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 30 min |
| May 16, 7:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Dawson | 30 min |
| May 16, 7:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keith | 25 min |
| May 16, 7:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 52 min |
| May 16, 8:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | McPherson | 35 min |
| May 17, 2:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Thomas | 52 min |
| May 17, 3:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Thomas | 42 min |
| May 17, 3:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Custer, Loup, Rock | 38 min |
| May 17, 3:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 36 min |
| May 17, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 48 min |
| May 17, 3:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 32 min |
| May 17, 3:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden, Keith | 42 min |
| May 17, 3:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown | 45 min |
| May 17, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Loup, Rock | 46 min |
| May 17, 4:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown, Rock | 28 min |
| May 17, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden, Keith | 40 min |
| May 17, 4:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 44 min |
| May 17, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha | 31 min |
| May 17, 4:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown | 28 min |
| May 17, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 38 min |
| May 17, 4:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Holt | 33 min |
| May 17, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 47 min |
| May 17, 5:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keya Paha | 43 min |
| May 17, 5:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 42 min |
| May 17, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes | 53 min |
| May 17, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 17 min |
| May 17, 5:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Rock | 45 min |
| May 17, 5:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Boyd | 12 min |
| May 17, 5:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha, Rock | 39 min |
| May 17, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Blaine | 49 min |
| May 17, 5:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes, Lincoln | 24 min |
| May 17, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry, Thomas | 41 min |
| May 17, 5:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 49 min |
| May 17, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.