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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS North Platte, NE

May 5, 2023Garden County, Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2023, 5:50 PM MDT for Garden County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 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 5, 2023, 5:50 PM MDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2023, 6:30 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 Garden County, NE, Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 3:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 12:00Z on 2023-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2023-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1428 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

997 
WUUS53 KLBF 052350
SVRLBF
NEC069-161-060030-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0021.230505T2350Z-230506T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
550 PM MDT Fri May 5 2023

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Garden County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...
  Southern Sheridan County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...

* Until 630 PM MDT.

* At 550 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Alliance Airport to 9 miles northwest of Lisco,
  moving northeast at 45 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...
  Ellsworth, Lisco, Antioch, Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge,
  Dogtown Flats, Deer Lake, Britton Lake, Miles Lake, Richardson
  Lake, Mumper, Wickson Lake, Herman Lake, Adams Flats, Krause Lake,
  Sugar Loaf Hill, Watson Lake, Rackett, Patterson Lake, Kincaid Lake
  and Kennedy Lake.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 250 between mile markers 1 and 14.
 Highway 2 between mile markers 96 and 127.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4232 10210 4158 10211 4147 10264 4174 10264
      4175 10267 4177 10268 4200 10268 4201 10270
      4209 10270 4210 10274 4218 10274
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 247DEG 39KT 4204 10276 4161 10271 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Taylor
1 follow-up statement
695 
WWUS53 KLBF 060033
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
633 PM MDT Fri May 5 2023

NEC069-161-060042-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-230506T0030Z/
Garden NE-Sheridan NE-
633 PM MDT Fri May 5 2023

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN GARDEN AND SOUTHERN
SHERIDAN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

The storms which prompted the warning have weakened. Therefore, the 
warning has been allowed to expire. However gusty winds are still 
possible with these thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM MDT for
the Panhandle of Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4232 10210 4158 10211 4147 10264 4174 10264
      4175 10267 4177 10268 4200 10268 4201 10270
      4209 10270 4210 10274 4218 10274
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 247DEG 39KT 4221 10221 4178 10216 

$$

Taylor

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 6:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFDeuel39 min
May 4, 6:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBlaine29 min
May 4, 6:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFMcPherson46 min
May 4, 6:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHolt44 min
May 4, 6:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, McPherson38 min
May 4, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Holt, Loup, Rock46 min
May 4, 7:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBlaine41 min
May 4, 7:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFRock38 min
May 4, 7:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Grant, McPherson50 min
May 4, 7:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLoup45 min
May 4, 7:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBlaine44 min
May 4, 7:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarfield42 min
May 4, 8:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson44 min
May 4, 8:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFThomas44 min
May 4, 8:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBlaine, Loup42 min
May 4, 9:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster, Logan, Loup67 min
May 4, 9:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHayes30 min
May 4, 9:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHayes, Lincoln35 min
May 4, 10:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLincoln, Logan62 min
May 4, 10:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster59 min
May 4, 11:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFDawson60 min
May 5, 12:29 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster46 min
May 5, 3:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan39 min
May 5, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan49 min
May 5, 4:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry52 min
May 5, 4:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan40 min
May 5, 5:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarden39 min
May 5, 5:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier43 min
May 5, 5:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFPerkins47 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.