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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS North Platte, NE

May 3, 2024Frontier County, Hayes County, Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2024, 7:21 PM CDT for Frontier County, Hayes County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 min. 5 reports 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 3, 2024, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2024, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 3, 7:22 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Curtis, NE	Report via social media.
May 3, 7:58 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 62	5 N Cambridge, NE
May 3, 7:58 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 62	5 N Cambridge, NE
May 3, 7:59 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 67	9 Sse Stockville, NE	personal weather station.
May 3, 8:05 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	4 S Eustis, NE

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 3, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 60 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: 311 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 306 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.9

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The text

As transmitted.

609 
WUUS53 KLBF 040021
SVRLBF
NEC063-085-111-040100-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0021.240504T0021Z-240504T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
721 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Frontier County in southwestern Nebraska...
  Southeastern Lincoln County in southwestern Nebraska...
  Southeastern Hayes County in southwestern Nebraska...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 721 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Maxwell to near Moorefield to 10 miles
  northeast of Culbertson, moving east at 35 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...
  Curtis, Brady, Eustis, Moorefield, Stockville, Medicine Creek
  Reservoir State Recreation Area, Maywood, Quick, Cottonwood Canyon
  State Wildlife Management Area, Hansen Memorial Reserve State
  Wildlife Management Area, Jeffrey Canyon State Wildlife Management
  Area, Willow View Campground, Freedom, Orafino, Bluegill Haven
  Campground, Vroman, Red Willow Reservoir State Recreation Area, and
  Dancing Leaf Earth Lodge.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 191 and 208.
 Highway 83 between mile markers 27 and 53.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4035 10097 4072 10070 4105 10061 4105 10023
      4070 10022 4070 9998 4044 9998 4044 10009
      4035 10010
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 272DEG 33KT 4103 10051 4066 10044 4036 10075 

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

$$

Viken

1 follow-up statement

631 
WWUS53 KLBF 040039
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
739 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

NEC085-040049-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240504T0100Z/
Hayes NE-
739 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAYES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
central and southwestern Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4041 10078 4067 10057 4105 10051 4105 10023
      4070 10022 4070 9998 4044 9998 4044 10009
      4035 10010 4035 10078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 272DEG 33KT 4102 10030 4065 10023 4035 10054 

$$

NEC063-111-040100-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240504T0100Z/
Frontier NE-Lincoln NE-
739 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR FRONTIER AND SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...

At 739 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Brady to 9 miles east of Moorefield to 10 miles
northwest of Indianola, moving east at 40 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...
Curtis, Brady, Eustis, Moorefield, Stockville, Medicine Creek
Reservoir State Recreation Area, Quick, Hansen Memorial Reserve State
Wildlife Management Area, Jeffrey Canyon State Wildlife Management
Area, Willow View Campground, Freedom, Orafino, Bluegill Haven
Campground, Vroman, Red Willow Reservoir State Recreation Area, and
Dancing Leaf Earth Lodge.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 192 and 208.
 Highway 83 between mile markers 27 and 43.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4041 10078 4067 10057 4105 10051 4105 10023
      4070 10022 4070 9998 4044 9998 4044 10009
      4035 10010 4035 10078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 272DEG 33KT 4102 10030 4065 10023 4035 10054 

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

$$

Viken

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Lincoln	23 min
May 3, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	34 min
May 3, 8:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Frontier	3 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.