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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS North Platte, NE

September 17, 2024Garden County, Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 17, 2024, 6:25 PM MDT for Garden County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 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
Sep 17, 2024, 6:25 PM MDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 17, 2024, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Garden County, NE, Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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
Sep 17, 2:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2024-09-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 196 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2024-09-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 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
196 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted.

682 
WUUS53 KLBF 180025
SVRLBF
NEC069-161-180115-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0310.240918T0025Z-240918T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
625 PM MDT Tue Sep 17 2024

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

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

* Until 715 PM MDT.

* At 625 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Alliance
  Airport, or near Alliance, moving north at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Hay Springs, Antioch, Snow Lake, Miles Lake, Wickson Lake, Diamond
  Lake, Krause Lake, Smith Lake State Wildlife Management Area,
  Highway 250 crossing the Niobrara River, Intersection of Highway 87
  and Antelope Road, and Walgren Lake State Recreation Area.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 250 between mile markers 11 and 44.
 Highway 2 between mile markers 96 and 106.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4269 10277 4263 10220 4192 10256 4195 10268
      4209 10270 4210 10274 4244 10275 4244 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 191DEG 49KT 4209 10276 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$
1 follow-up statement
738 
WWUS53 KLBF 180105
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
705 PM MDT Tue Sep 17 2024

NEC069-161-180115-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-240918T0115Z/
Garden NE-Sheridan NE-
705 PM MDT Tue Sep 17 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN GARDEN AND SOUTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES...

At 705 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hay Springs,
moving north at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Hay Springs, Antioch, Snow Lake, Miles Lake, Wickson Lake, Diamond
Lake, Krause Lake, Smith Lake State Wildlife Management Area, Highway
250 crossing the Niobrara River, Intersection of Highway 87 and
Antelope Road, and Walgren Lake State Recreation Area.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 250 between mile markers 11 and 44.
 Highway 2 between mile markers 96 and 106.

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 4269 10277 4263 10220 4192 10256 4195 10268
      4209 10270 4210 10274 4244 10275 4244 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 191DEG 49KT 4262 10262 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 6:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Deuel, Keith, Perkins42 min
Sep 17, 6:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBFSheridan51 min
Sep 17, 6:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden, Grant, Sheridan42 min
Sep 17, 7:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel, Garden, Keith, Perkins45 min
Sep 17, 7:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan42 min
Sep 17, 7:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFArthur, Grant50 min
Sep 17, 8:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier, Lincoln39 min
Sep 17, 8:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLogan, McPherson, Thomas49 min
Sep 18, 1:44 AM MDTRed Flag WarningLBFArthur, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Deuel, Garden and 6 more18 hr

Nearby

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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.