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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS North Platte, NE

July 15, 2007Holt County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2007, 5:14 PM CDT for Holt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 min. 3 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
Jul 15, 2007, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Holt County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 15, 5:20 PM CDTHAIL 0.881 Nw Amelia, NE
Jul 15, 5:25 PM CDTHAIL 1.58 Sw Amelia, NE
Jul 15, 5:57 PM CDTHAIL 1.58 E Chambers, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 15, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 2007-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 937 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 12:00Z on 2007-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
937 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-150 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 152213
SVRLBF
NEC089-152300-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0310.070715T2214Z-070715T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
514 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 512 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AMELIA...OR ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  ONEILL...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHAMBERS BY 535 PM CDT...
  GOOSE LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 600 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4230 9915 4210 9915 4209 9854 4237 9859

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 152233
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
533 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007

NEC089-152300-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-070715T2300Z/
HOLT NE-
533 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HOLT COUNTY...

AT 532 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHAMBERS...OR
ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ONEILL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHAMBERS BY 540 PM CDT...
  HIGHWAY 281 MILE MARKER 170 BY 550 PM CDT...
  7 MILES NORTH OF GOOSE LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 600
  PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4230 9915 4210 9915 4209 9854 4237 9859

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Grant, Hooker47 min
Jul 15, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine49 min
Jul 15, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry41 min
Jul 15, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown65 min
Jul 15, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster55 min
Jul 15, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine58 min
Jul 15, 3:51 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBrown, Rock39 min
Jul 15, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster53 min
Jul 15, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine57 min
Jul 15, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLoup, Rock65 min
Jul 15, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Holt46 min
Jul 15, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster61 min
Jul 15, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield26 min
Jul 15, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt51 min
Jul 15, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster61 min
Jul 15, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt29 min
Jul 15, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln36 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.