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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS North Platte, NE

May 7, 2022Brown County, Rock County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2022, 7:25 PM CDT for Brown County, Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 65 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 7, 2022, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2022, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Brown County, NE, Rock County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 7, 8:18 PM CDTHAIL 1Bassett, NELARGEST STONES 1 INCH IN DIAMETER. DECREASING IN SIZE IN LAST FEW MINUTES.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2022-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 949 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2022-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
949 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-231 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

926 
WUUS53 KLBF 080025 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC017-149-080130-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0021.220508T0025Z-220508T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
725 PM CDT Sat May 7 2022

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Rock County in north central Nebraska...
  East central Brown County in north central Nebraska...

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 725 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ainsworth,
  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...
  Ainsworth, Bassett, Long Pine, Newport, Pony Lake, Sybrant,
  Antelope Peak and Twin Lakes State Wildlife Management Area.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 183 between mile markers 165 and 200.
 Highway 20 between mile markers 236 and 273.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4248 10003 4266 9993 4261 9926 4226 9933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 285DEG 26KT 4255 9994 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CDC
1 follow-up statement
325 
WWUS53 KLBF 080100
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
800 PM CDT Sat May 7 2022

NEC017-149-080130-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220508T0130Z/
Rock NE-Brown NE-
800 PM CDT Sat May 7 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL ROCK AND EAST CENTRAL BROWN COUNTIES...

At 800 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bassett, moving
east at 45 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...
Bassett, Long Pine and Newport. 

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 183 between mile markers 172 and 182, and between mile
markers 195 and 200.
 Highway 20 between mile markers 248 and 273.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4245 9974 4265 9977 4261 9926 4240 9930
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 272DEG 39KT 4262 9965 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Brown

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Hooker, McPherson59 min
May 7, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHooker47 min
May 7, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBFArthur, McPherson50 min
May 7, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBoyd43 min
May 7, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeith43 min
May 7, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFThomas46 min
May 7, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFMcPherson48 min
May 7, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFMcPherson32 min
May 7, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Logan, Thomas40 min
May 7, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Rock27 min
May 7, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFPerkins45 min
May 7, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer, Logan, Thomas48 min
May 7, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBoyd62 min
May 7, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLogan31 min
May 7, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBrown56 min
May 7, 9:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLincoln21 min
May 7, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, McPherson38 min
May 7, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLoup64 min
May 7, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Lincoln46 min
May 7, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHayes48 min
May 7, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster16 min
May 7, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Hayes, Lincoln44 min
May 7, 10:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster43 min
May 7, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster27 min
May 7, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Hayes40 min
May 7, 11:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarfield, Wheeler33 min
May 7, 11:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier19 min
May 7, 11:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster29 min
May 7, 11:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier33 min
May 8, 2:02 PM CDTHigh Wind WatchLBFArthur, Cherry, Garden, Grant, Hooker, Sheridan and 1 more13 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.