Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 7:05 PM MDT for Keith County, Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 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, 7:05 PM MDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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, 7:31 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Nnw Grant, 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 |
| May 26, 3:42 PM MDT | 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 101 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.
823
WUUS53 KLBF 270105
SVRLBF
NEC101-135-270145-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0039.210527T0105Z-210527T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
705 PM MDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Perkins County in southwestern Nebraska...
Keith County in southwestern Nebraska...
* Until 745 PM MDT.
* At 705 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles east of Lewellen to 6 miles south of Big
Springs, moving east 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...
Ogallala, Grant, Brule, Madrid, Lemoyne, Keystone, Roscoe, Kingsley
Dam, Eagle Gulch Campground, Ruthon, Clear Creek State Wildlife
Management Area, Nevens, Megeath, Broganville, Otter Creek
Campground, Lake View Campground, Wild Horse Spring and Belmar.
This includes the following highways...
Highway 61 between mile markers 68 and 108.
Highway 92 between mile markers 119 and 138.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 109 and 142.
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 100 AM MDT for southwestern
Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4088 10205 4136 10206 4138 10139 4082 10144
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 269DEG 27KT 4130 10201 4097 10205
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CDC1 follow-up statement
561
WWUS53 KLBF 270120
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
720 PM MDT Wed May 26 2021
NEC101-135-270145-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-210527T0145Z/
Perkins NE-Keith NE-
720 PM MDT Wed May 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT
FOR NORTHERN PERKINS AND KEITH COUNTIES...
At 720 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Lemoyne to 9 miles north of Grant, moving east at
40 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Ogallala, Grant, Brule, Madrid, Lemoyne, Keystone, Roscoe, Kingsley
Dam, Eagle Gulch Campground, Nevens, Broganville, Otter Creek
Campground, Lake View Campground, Wild Horse Spring and Belmar.
This includes the following highways...
Highway 61 between mile markers 68 and 108.
Highway 92 between mile markers 124 and 138.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 112 and 142.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
North Platte.
&&
LAT...LON 4087 10200 4136 10197 4138 10139 4082 10144
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 273DEG 36KT 4132 10171 4099 10175
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
NMJThe 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, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 47 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, 7:28 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.