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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 8:03 PM CDT for Frontier County, Hayes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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, 8:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ne Palisade, NE | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). |
| May 26, 8:18 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 8 Ssw Hayes Center, NE | 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER |
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 | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
082
WUUS53 KLBF 270103
SVRLBF
NEC063-085-270145-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0037.210527T0103Z-210527T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
803 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Frontier County in southwestern Nebraska...
Southeastern Hayes County in southwestern Nebraska...
* Until 845 PM CDT.
* At 803 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Palisade, or
10 miles south of Hayes Center, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Quick, Bluegill Haven Campground, Willow View Campground and Red
Willow Reservoir State Recreation Area.
This includes Highway 83 between mile markers 27 and 43.
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 4042 10119 4060 10062 4035 10051 4035 10116
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 252DEG 24KT 4036 10107
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CDC2 follow-up statements
999
WWUS53 KLBF 270126
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
826 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
NEC063-085-270145-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-210527T0145Z/
Frontier NE-Hayes NE-
826 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FRONTIER AND SOUTHEASTERN HAYES COUNTIES...
At 825 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southeast
of Hayes Center, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated. At 818 PM CDT, quarter size hail was
reported near Palisade.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Quick, Bluegill Haven Campground, Willow View Campground and Red
Willow Reservoir State Recreation Area.
This includes Highway 83 between mile markers 27 and 43.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4045 10101 4060 10062 4035 10051 4035 10110
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 252DEG 24KT 4041 10088
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
NMJ273
WWUS53 KLBF 270142
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
842 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
NEC063-085-270152-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-210527T0145Z/
Frontier NE-Hayes NE-
842 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FRONTIER AND
SOUTHEASTERN HAYES COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 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 Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for southwestern
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 4045 10101 4060 10062 4035 10051 4035 10110
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 252DEG 24KT 4044 10075
$$
NMJThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Garden | 30 min |
| May 26, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Deuel | 33 min |
| May 26, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 30 min |
| May 26, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Garden | 25 min |
| May 26, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hayes | 37 min |
| May 26, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 35 min |
| May 26, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 47 min |
| May 26, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hayes | 44 min |
| May 26, 7:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes | 10 hr |
| May 26, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keith | 48 min |
| May 26, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 41 min |
| May 26, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 40 min |
| May 26, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 32 min |
| May 26, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson | 36 min |
| May 26, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Frontier | 33 min |
| May 26, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 46 min |
| May 26, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 65 min |
| May 26, 8:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 62 min |
| May 26, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 43 min |
| May 26, 9:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Frontier | 27 min |
| May 26, 9:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Frontier | 49 min |
| May 26, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 45 min |
| May 26, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Frontier | 56 min |
| May 26, 11:41 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LBF | Hayes | 87 min |
| May 27, 1:08 AM CDT | 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.