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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS North Platte, NE

May 26, 2021Logan County, McPherson County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 4:33 PM CDT for Logan County, McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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 26, 2021, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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.

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 26, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 48 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

673 
WUUS53 KLBF 262133
SVRLBF
NEC113-117-262215-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0032.210526T2133Z-210526T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
433 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Logan County in west central Nebraska...
  Southeastern McPherson County in west central Nebraska...

* Until 515 PM CDT.

* At 432 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ringgold, or
  near Tryon, moving northeast at 35 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...
  Ringgold and Shanklin Bluff. 

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 92 between mile markers 206 and 222.
 Highway 97 between mile markers 17 and 26.
 Highway 83 between mile markers 116 and 123.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4147 10102 4174 10066 4174 10063 4156 10041
      4139 10085 4139 10093
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 225DEG 31KT 4148 10088 

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

Gomez

2 follow-up statements

987 
WWUS53 KLBF 262154
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
454 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

NEC113-117-262215-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210526T2215Z/
Logan NE-McPherson NE-
454 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN LOGAN AND EAST CENTRAL MCPHERSON COUNTIES...

At 453 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of
Ringgold, or 13 miles east of Tryon, moving northeast at 35 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...
Ringgold and Shanklin Bluff. 

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 92 between mile markers 214 and 219.
 Highway 83 between mile markers 116 and 123.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4158 10083 4174 10066 4174 10063 4156 10041
      4146 10074
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 225DEG 31KT 4161 10070 

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

Gomez

960 
WWUS53 KLBF 262208
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
508 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

NEC113-117-262217-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210526T2215Z/
Logan NE-McPherson NE-
508 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LOGAN AND EAST
CENTRAL MCPHERSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.  However small hail is still possible with this
thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
west central Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4158 10083 4174 10066 4174 10063 4156 10041
      4146 10074
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 225DEG 31KT 4169 10059 

$$

Gomez

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 1:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	47 min
May 26, 2:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	44 min
May 26, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	41 min
May 26, 2:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	39 min
May 26, 2:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith, Perkins	51 min
May 26, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln	40 min
May 26, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	32 min
May 26, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Thomas	34 min
May 26, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	30 min
May 26, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	38 min
May 26, 4:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	33 min
May 26, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	45 min
May 26, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes	60 min
May 26, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Lincoln	31 min
May 26, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Hayes	45 min
May 26, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Hayes	45 min
May 26, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Logan, Thomas	36 min
May 26, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	33 min
May 26, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith	31 min
May 26, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	35 min
May 26, 6:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Hayes	31 min
May 26, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine	50 min
May 26, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	42 min
May 26, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	34 min
May 26, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	33 min
May 26, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	46 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.