Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 7:44 PM MDT for Keith County, Lincoln County, Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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, 7:44 PM MDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Perkins County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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 |
| 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 53 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.
539
WUUS53 KLBF 270144
SVRLBF
NEC101-111-135-270230-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0042.210527T0144Z-210527T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
844 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Perkins County in southwestern Nebraska...
Southeastern Keith County in southwestern Nebraska...
Western Lincoln County in southwestern Nebraska...
* Until 930 PM CDT/830 PM MDT/.
* At 844 PM CDT/744 PM MDT/, severe thunderstorms were located along
a line extending from 10 miles northeast of Keystone to near
Madrid, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Sutherland, Hershey, Paxton, Wallace, Madrid, Elsie, Dickens,
Sarben, Keystone, Sutherland Reservoir State Recreation Area,
Roscoe, Grainton, Coker, O'Fallons, Nevens, Broganville, Big Bald
Hill and Birdwood.
This includes the following highways...
Highway 97 between mile markers 6 and 16.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 132 and 173.
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/100 AM MDT/ for
southwestern Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4086 10163 4125 10162 4140 10082 4139 10079
4077 10090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 277DEG 24KT 4128 10141 4085 10147
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
NMJ2 follow-up statements
432
WWUS53 KLBF 270208
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
908 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
NEC101-111-135-270230-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-210527T0230Z/
Perkins NE-Keith NE-Lincoln NE-
908 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM
CDT/830 PM MDT/ FOR NORTHEASTERN PERKINS...SOUTHEASTERN KEITH AND
WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...
At 908 PM CDT/808 PM MDT/, severe thunderstorms were located along a
line extending from 9 miles north of Sutherland to near Wallace,
moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Sutherland, Hershey, Paxton, Wallace, Elsie, Dickens, Sarben,
Sutherland Reservoir State Recreation Area, Grainton, Coker,
O'Fallons, Nevens, Big Bald Hill and Birdwood.
This includes the following highways...
Highway 97 between mile markers 6 and 16.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 140 and 173.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
North Platte.
&&
LAT...LON 4140 10082 4139 10079 4077 10090 4084 10148
4128 10146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 258DEG 28KT 4130 10116 4087 10122
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
NMJ890
WWUS53 KLBF 270230
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
930 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
NEC101-111-135-270240-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-210527T0230Z/
Perkins NE-Keith NE-Lincoln NE-
930 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PERKINS...
SOUTHEASTERN KEITH AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT/100 AM MDT/ for
southwestern Nebraska.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT/900
PM MDT/ for southwestern and west central Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4140 10082 4139 10079 4077 10090 4084 10148
4128 10146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 277DEG 24KT 4128 10098 4085 10104
$$
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, 7:05 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, 7:55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.