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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS North Platte, NE

May 26, 2021Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 5:18 PM MDT for Sheridan 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, 5:18 PM MDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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 26, 1:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 144 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: 797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 366 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

391 
WUUS53 KLBF 262318
SVRLBF
NEC161-270000-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0035.210526T2318Z-210527T0000Z/

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

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Sheridan County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...

* Until 600 PM MDT.

* At 518 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
  Hay Springs, moving northeast at 45 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...
  Gordon, Rushville, Hay Springs, Clinton, Intersection of Highway 87
  and Craven Creek Road, Lone Butte, Intersection of Beaver Creek
  Road and White Clay Creek Road, Intersection of Highway 87 and
  Larabee Road, Highway 27 crossing the Niobrara River, Mount Maria,
  Walgren Lake State Recreation Area, Intersection of Highway 27 and
  Mills Road, Metcalf State Wildlife Management Area, Intersection of
  Highway 87 and Antelope Road and Pine Ridge.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 20 between mile markers 74 and 105.
 Highway 250 between mile markers 40 and 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4300 10255 4300 10240 4264 10206 4262 10207
      4255 10277 4277 10278 4278 10277 4279 10279
      4284 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 245DEG 39KT 4268 10284 

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

Gomez

2 follow-up statements

067 
WWUS53 KLBF 262348
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
548 PM MDT Wed May 26 2021

NEC161-270000-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210527T0000Z/
Sheridan NE-
548 PM MDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY...

At 548 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
Rushville, moving northeast at 45 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...
Gordon, Rushville, Hay Springs, Clinton, Intersection of Highway 87
and Craven Creek Road, Lone Butte, Intersection of Beaver Creek Road
and White Clay Creek Road, Intersection of Highway 87 and Larabee
Road, Highway 27 crossing the Niobrara River, Mount Maria, Walgren
Lake State Recreation Area, Intersection of Highway 27 and Mills
Road, Metcalf State Wildlife Management Area, Intersection of Highway
87 and Antelope Road and Pine Ridge.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 20 between mile markers 74 and 105.
 Highway 250 between mile markers 40 and 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4300 10255 4300 10240 4264 10206 4262 10207
      4255 10277 4277 10278 4278 10277 4279 10279
      4284 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 245DEG 39KT 4282 10243 

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

Gomez

732 
WWUS53 KLBF 262358
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
558 PM MDT Wed May 26 2021

NEC161-270008-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210527T0000Z/
Sheridan NE-
558 PM MDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 600 PM MDT...
                
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 900 PM MDT for
the Panhandle of and north central Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4300 10255 4300 10240 4264 10206 4262 10207
      4255 10277 4277 10278 4278 10277 4279 10279
      4284 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 245DEG 39KT 4286 10231 

$$

Gomez

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 12:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	47 min
May 26, 1:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	44 min
May 26, 1:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	41 min
May 26, 1:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	39 min
May 26, 1:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith, Perkins	51 min
May 26, 2:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln	40 min
May 26, 2:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	32 min
May 26, 2:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Thomas	34 min
May 26, 3:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	30 min
May 26, 3:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	38 min
May 26, 3:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan, McPherson	42 min
May 26, 3:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	33 min
May 26, 4:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	45 min
May 26, 4:00 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes	60 min
May 26, 4:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Lincoln	31 min
May 26, 4:30 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Hayes	45 min
May 26, 4:30 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Hayes	45 min
May 26, 4:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Logan, Thomas	36 min
May 26, 4:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	33 min
May 26, 4:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith	31 min
May 26, 4:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	35 min
May 26, 5:07 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Hayes	31 min
May 26, 5:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine	50 min
May 26, 5:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	34 min
May 26, 5:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	33 min
May 26, 5:59 PM MDT	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.