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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS North Platte, NE

May 3, 2024Keith County, Lincoln County, Perkins County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2024, 4:33 PM MDT for Keith County, Lincoln County, Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2024, 4:33 PM MDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2024, 5:15 PM MDT
In force: 42 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), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 384 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: 1654 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 303 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 3, 1:44 PM MDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 1:44 PM MDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 3:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
410 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-042115-
Sheridan-Eastern Cherry-Keya Paha-Boyd-Brown-Rock-Holt-Garden-Grant-
Hooker-Thomas-Blaine-Loup-Garfield-Wheeler-Arthur-McPherson-Logan-
Custer-Deuel-Keith-Perkins-Lincoln-Chase-Hayes-Frontier-
Western Cherry-
410 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024 /310 PM MDT Fri May 3 2024/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north
central Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Thunderstorms this afternoon and evening may produce isolated wind
damage, hail, and locally heavy rainfall for areas near and south of
Highway 2.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

There is potential for strong or severe thunderstorms on Monday,
primarily for areas east of Highway 83. More precise details on
timing and hazards are uncertain at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 3, 2:29 PM MDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 2:56 PM MDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 2:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 3:39 PM MDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 3:55 PM MDT, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 4:05 PM MDT, 28 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
505 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0441 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     3 NNE Kingsley Dam      41.25N 101.63W
05/03/2024  M54 MPH          Keith              NE   Mesonet

            Mesonet station UP362 Kingsley Dam 4NNE.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 12:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	29 min
May 3, 1:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	31 min
May 3, 1:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Grant	47 min
May 3, 2:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Arthur, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith	48 min
May 3, 2:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Grant	31 min
May 3, 2:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Arthur, Grant	49 min
May 3, 2:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith	46 min
May 3, 3:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel, Keith	45 min
May 3, 3:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Arthur, Hooker, McPherson	51 min
May 3, 3:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith, Perkins	50 min
May 3, 5:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hayes	43 min
May 3, 5:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln	43 min
May 3, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	45 min
May 3, 5:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier, Hayes	44 min
May 3, 5:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln	41 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.