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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS North Platte, NE

May 22, 2021Deuel County, Garden County, Keith County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2021, 3:09 PM MDT for Deuel County, Garden County, Keith County, Nebraska. It was in force for 51 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 22, 2021, 3:09 PM MDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2021, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Keith County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 22, 2:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 308 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 246 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-258 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

193 
WUUS53 KLBF 222109
SVRLBF
NEC049-069-101-222200-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0018.210522T2109Z-210522T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
309 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Keith County in southwestern Nebraska...
  South central Garden County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...
  Deuel County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...

* Until 400 PM MDT.

* At 307 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Julesburg,
  moving north 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...
  Chappell, Big Springs, Barton, Goldeneye State Wildlife Management
  Area and Megeath.

This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 86 and
113.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

If on or near Lake McConaughy, get away from the water and move 
indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 
15 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you 
are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter 
now!  Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 4124 10188 4100 10200 4100 10246 4124 10248
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 178DEG 25KT 4090 10225 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Jacobs
1 follow-up statement
469 
WWUS53 KLBF 222132
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
332 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

NEC049-069-101-222200-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210522T2200Z/
Keith NE-Garden NE-Deuel NE-
332 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KEITH...SOUTH CENTRAL GARDEN AND DEUEL COUNTIES...

At 331 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Barton, or near
Julesburg, moving north at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Chappell, Big Springs, Barton and Goldeneye State Wildlife Management
Area.

This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 86 and
110.
 
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 4124 10189 4100 10205 4100 10246 4124 10248
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 178DEG 25KT 4107 10226 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Jacobs

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 6:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan47 min
May 21, 8:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan26 min
May 21, 8:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan18 min
May 21, 9:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarden35 min
May 21, 11:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFDeuel38 min
May 22, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFArthur, Garden47 min
May 22, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFThomas44 min
May 22, 4:31 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningLBFFrontier3 hr
May 22, 4:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier52 min
May 22, 5:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFArthur, Grant39 min
May 22, 5:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHooker44 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.