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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS North Platte, NE

May 26, 2021Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 6:43 PM MDT for Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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, 6:43 PM MDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 7:30 PM MDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cherry County, NE, Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 26, 7:04 PM MDT	HAIL 1	23 Sse Gordon, NE

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, 1:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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: 124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 363 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 9.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

344 
WUUS53 KLBF 270043
SVRLBF
NEC031-161-270130-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0036.210527T0043Z-210527T0130Z/

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

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Cherry County in north central Nebraska...
  East central Sheridan County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...

* Until 730 PM MDT.

* At 643 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 21 miles south of
  Gordon, moving east 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...
  Highway 61 crossing the Snake River, Big Hill, Billys Lake, Morgan
  Lake, Intersection of Highway 61 and Shadbolt Road, Highway 27
  crossing the Niobrara River and Intersection of Highway 61 and
  Survey Valley Road.

This includes Highway 61 between mile markers 173 and 209.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4237 10236 4264 10232 4272 10154 4217 10168
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 267DEG 45KT 4249 10213 

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

Gomez

2 follow-up statements

923 
WWUS53 KLBF 270059
SVSLBF

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

NEC031-161-270130-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210527T0130Z/
Cherry NE-Sheridan NE-
659 PM MDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY AND EAST CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTIES...

At 658 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 26 miles southwest 
of Medicine Lake, or 27 miles southeast of Gordon, moving east 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...
Intersection of Highway 61 and Shadbolt Road, Highway 61 crossing the
Snake River, Big Hill, Intersection of Highway 61 and Survey Valley
Road, Billys Lake and Morgan Lake.

This includes Highway 61 between mile markers 173 and 209.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4235 10227 4265 10220 4272 10154 4217 10168
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 267DEG 45KT 4250 10187 

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

Gomez

190 
WWUS53 KLBF 270132
SVSLBF

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

NEC031-161-270142-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210527T0130Z/
Cherry NE-Sheridan NE-
732 PM MDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY AND EAST
CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
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 has been allowed to expire.  However small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for
the Panhandle of and north central Nebraska.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
North Platte.

LAT...LON 4235 10227 4265 10220 4272 10154 4217 10168
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 267DEG 45KT 4252 10131 

$$

Taylor

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 6:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	30 min
May 26, 6:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Deuel	33 min
May 26, 6:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	30 min
May 26, 6:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	25 min
May 26, 6:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hayes	37 min
May 26, 6:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	35 min
May 26, 6:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hayes	44 min
May 26, 6:47 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes	10 hr
May 26, 6:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith	48 min
May 26, 7:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes	42 min
May 26, 7:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes	41 min
May 26, 7:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Perkins	40 min
May 26, 7:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Perkins	32 min
May 26, 7:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson	36 min
May 26, 7:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	33 min
May 26, 7:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln, Perkins	46 min
May 26, 7:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Chase, Hayes	65 min
May 26, 7:56 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Lincoln	62 min
May 26, 8:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas	43 min
May 26, 8:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	27 min
May 26, 8:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	49 min
May 26, 8:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	45 min
May 26, 9:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	56 min
May 26, 10:41 PM MDT	River Flood Advisory	LBF	Hayes	87 min
May 27, 12:08 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	LBF	Hayes	10 hr

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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.