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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE

May 13, 2021Garden County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2021, 2:49 PM MDT for Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 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 13, 2021, 2:49 PM MDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2021, 3:30 PM MDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Garden County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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 nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 306 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

039 
WUUS53 KLBF 132049
SVRLBF
NEC069-132130-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0005.210513T2049Z-210513T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
249 PM MDT Thu May 13 2021

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Garden County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...

* Until 330 PM MDT.

* At 249 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast
  of Ellsworth, or 36 miles northwest of Arthur, moving southeast at
  25 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...
  Jerry Lake, Britton Lake, Kincaid Lake and Wild Horse Flats. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4201 10234 4201 10207 4174 10206 4174 10199
      4169 10198 4169 10199 4170 10214 4195 10237
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 297DEG 23KT 4198 10214 

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

Jurgensen

2 follow-up statements

657 
WWUS53 KLBF 132107
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
307 PM MDT Thu May 13 2021

NEC069-132130-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210513T2130Z/
Garden NE-
307 PM MDT Thu May 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN GARDEN COUNTY...

At 307 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest of
Ashby, or 29 miles northwest of Arthur, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Kincaid Lake.

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 4201 10219 4201 10207 4174 10206 4186 10218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 297DEG 23KT 4193 10200 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Jurgensen

577 
WWUS53 KLBF 132124
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
324 PM MDT Thu May 13 2021

NEC069-132134-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210513T2130Z/
Garden NE-
324 PM MDT Thu May 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GARDEN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4201 10219 4201 10207 4174 10206 4186 10218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 297DEG 23KT 4188 10188 

$$

Jurgensen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 2:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	41 min
May 13, 2:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	48 min
May 13, 2:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Grant	43 min
May 13, 2:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Grant, Sheridan	46 min
May 13, 3:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Thomas	48 min
May 13, 3:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Arthur, Grant	48 min
May 13, 3:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Chase	24 min
May 13, 3:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Arthur	47 min
May 13, 3:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Garden, Grant	52 min
May 13, 3:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Thomas	49 min
May 13, 3:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Chase	47 min
May 13, 4:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Keith	46 min
May 13, 5:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	50 min
May 13, 5:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson, Perkins	48 min
May 13, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	45 min
May 13, 5:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln, Logan, Thomas	39 min
May 13, 5:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hayes, Keith, Lincoln, Perkins	40 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.