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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS North Platte, NE

July 5, 2005Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2005, 8:38 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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
Jul 5, 2005, 8:38 PM MDT (02:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2005, 9:17 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jul 5, 8:45 PM MDTHAIL 0.752 W Wood Lake, NE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2005-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 793 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 2005-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
793 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 060240
SVRLBF
NEC031-060315-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0310.050706T0238Z-050706T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
838 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 915 PM MDT(1015 PM CDT)

* AT 930 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING
  HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE TO 18 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF VALENTINE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A SECOND SEVERE 
  THUNDERSTORM WITH GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS OVER THE FAR SOUTHWEST 
  CORNER OF CHERRY COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  VALENTINE BY 950 PM CDT
  SPARKS BY 1015 PM CDT
  HIGHWAY 61 IN SOUTHWEST CHERRY COUNTY BY 1015 PM MDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4293 10096 4224 10193 4209 10203 4209 10143
      4243 10019 4299 10020

$$

CDC
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 060300
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1000 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005

NEC031-060315-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-050706T0315Z/
CHERRY NE-
900 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM MDT(1015 PM
CDT) FOR CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 950 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOOD LAKE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST 
OF AINSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A SECOND SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WITH NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS NEAR HIGHWAY 61 ACROSS 
SOUTHWEST CHERRY COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE 
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY 
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4293 10096 4224 10193 4209 10203 4209 10143
      4243 10019 4299 10020

$$

CDC
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 060317 RRA
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1016 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005

NEC031-060326-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-050706T0315Z/
CHERRY NE-
916 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHERRY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 915
PM MDT(1015 PM CDT)...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND NO LONGER 
POSE A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE 
CLOSELY MONITORED AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH CHERRY COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4293 10096 4224 10193 4209 10203 4209 10143
      4243 10019 4299 10020

$$

CDC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 6:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan42 min
Jul 5, 6:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt31 min
Jul 5, 6:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry23 min
Jul 5, 6:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry28 min
Jul 5, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt31 min
Jul 5, 7:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan30 min
Jul 5, 7:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry88 min
Jul 5, 7:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFRock28 min
Jul 5, 7:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry49 min
Jul 5, 8:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown61 min
Jul 5, 8:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant26 min
Jul 5, 9:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt32 min
Jul 5, 9:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFRock37 min
Jul 5, 9:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt28 min
Jul 5, 10:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFRock21 min
Jul 5, 10:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.