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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS North Platte, NE

May 26, 2021Frontier County, Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 5:24 PM CDT for Frontier County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports 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: May 26, 2021, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 5:55 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Frontier County, NE, Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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
May 26, 5:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1	7 S Maywood, NE	REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
May 26, 5:26 PM CDT	HAIL 1	9 E Curtis, NE	TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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
May 26, 4:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 56 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.

788 
WUUS53 KLBF 262224
SVRLBF
NEC063-111-262315-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0033.210526T2224Z-210526T2315Z/

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

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Frontier County in southwestern Nebraska...
  Southeastern Lincoln County in southwestern Nebraska...

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 524 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Curtis,
  moving northeast 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...
  Curtis, Eustis, Moorefield, Stockville and Dancing Leaf Earth
  Lodge.

This includes Highway 83 between mile markers 39 and 44.
 
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 200 AM CDT for southwestern
Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4056 10070 4092 10024 4091 10022 4070 10022
      4070 9998 4062 9998 4043 10053
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 246DEG 26KT 4055 10055 

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

Gomez

2 follow-up statements

225 
WWUS53 KLBF 262240
SVSLBF

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

NEC063-111-262315-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-210526T2315Z/
Frontier NE-Lincoln NE-
540 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FRONTIER AND SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...

At 540 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Moorefield, or
9 miles east of Curtis, moving northeast 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...
Curtis, Eustis, Moorefield, Stockville and Dancing Leaf Earth Lodge. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4066 10057 4081 10022 4070 10022 4070 9998
      4062 9998 4051 10039
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 247DEG 27KT 4063 10033 

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

Kulik

173 
WWUS53 KLBF 262255
SVSLBF

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

NEC063-111-262305-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-210526T2315Z/
Frontier NE-Lincoln NE-
555 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FRONTIER AND
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.  However heavy rain is still possible with this
thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for southwestern
Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4066 10057 4081 10022 4070 10022 4070 9998
      4062 9998 4051 10039
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 246DEG 26KT 4068 10020 

$$

Kulik

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, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan, McPherson	42 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, 5:30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.