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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS North Platte, NE

May 26, 20214 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 5:39 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 36 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, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Blaine County, NE, Custer County, NE, Logan County, NE, Thomas County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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 nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 59 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

482 
WUUS53 KLBF 262239
SVRLBF
NEC009-041-113-171-262315-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0034.210526T2239Z-210526T2315Z/

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

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Logan County in west central Nebraska...
  Northwestern Custer County in central Nebraska...
  Southwestern Blaine County in north central Nebraska...
  Southeastern Thomas County in north central Nebraska...

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 539 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles northeast
  of Gandy, or 15 miles northeast of Stapleton, moving east at 40
  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...
  Dunning, Logan, Linscott, Shanklin Bluff, Tarboz Lake, Pleasant
  Hill, Hoagland and Brown Lake.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 2 between mile markers 237 and 249.
 Highway 92 between mile markers 253 and 261.
 Highway 83 between mile markers 115 and 124.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4153 10058 4173 10046 4189 9996 4142 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 251DEG 36KT 4166 10032 

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

Gomez

2 follow-up statements

765 
WWUS53 KLBF 262301
SVSLBF

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

NEC171-262310-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210526T2315Z/
Thomas NE-
601 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN THOMAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4154 10042 4172 10039 4174 10034 4174 10026
      4177 10026 4189 9996 4145 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 251DEG 36KT 4173 10005 

$$

NEC009-041-113-262315-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210526T2315Z/
Logan NE-Custer NE-Blaine NE-
601 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LOGAN...NORTHWESTERN CUSTER AND SOUTHWESTERN BLAINE
COUNTIES...

At 600 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
Dunning, or 17 miles southwest of Brewster, moving east at 40 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...
Dunning, Linscott, Shanklin Bluff and Pleasant Hill. 

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 2 between mile markers 238 and 249.
 Highway 92 between mile markers 256 and 261.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4154 10042 4172 10039 4174 10034 4174 10026
      4177 10026 4189 9996 4145 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 251DEG 36KT 4173 10005 

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

Gomez

964 
WWUS53 KLBF 262311
SVSLBF

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

NEC009-041-113-262321-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210526T2315Z/
Logan NE-Custer NE-Blaine NE-
611 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LOGAN...
NORTHWESTERN CUSTER AND SOUTHWESTERN BLAINE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
615 PM CDT...
                
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 small hail
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
central Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4154 10042 4172 10039 4174 10034 4174 10026
      4177 10026 4189 9996 4145 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 251DEG 36KT 4176 9992 

$$

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, 4:33 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, 5:24 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, 5:42 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.