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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS North Platte, NE

August 4, 2007Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2007, 6:56 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 49 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
Aug 4, 2007, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2007, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Custer County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 4, 7:27 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 605 Sw Anselmo, NEPEA SIZED HAIL ACCOMPANIED THE 60 MPH WIND.

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
Aug 4, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 2007-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 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 2007-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-331 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1432 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 042356
SVRLBF
NEC041-050045-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0340.070804T2356Z-070805T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
656 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF MERNA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
  NORTH OF BROKEN BOW. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MERNA BY 745 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4158 10011 4140 10009 4147 9945 4163 9945

$$

JWS
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 050022
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
722 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2007

NEC041-050045-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0340.000000T0000Z-070805T0045Z/
CUSTER NE-
722 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTY...

AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MERNA TO HIGHWAY 92 MILE
MARKER 260...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
BROKEN BOW TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARNOLD...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHWAY 92 MILE MARKER 260 AND MERNA THROUGH 740 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4158 10011 4140 10009 4147 9945 4163 9945

$$

JWS
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 050031
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
730 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2007

NEC041-050045-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0340.000000T0000Z-070805T0045Z/
CUSTER NE-
730 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTY...

AT 729 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MERNA TO HIGHWAY 92 MILE
MARKER 260...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BROKEN BOW TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARNOLD...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHWAY 92 MILE MARKER 260 BY 740 PM CDT...
  MERNA BY 745 PM CDT...

DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH WERE REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
ANSELMO WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE 
SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4158 10011 4140 10009 4147 9945 4163 9945

$$

JWS
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 050047
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
745 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2007

NEC041-050055-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0340.000000T0000Z-070805T0045Z/
CUSTER NE-
745 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 745 PM CDT...

AT 745 PM CDT...NORTH PLATTE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM 
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. 
HOWEVER...VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH 
ARE POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM CDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4158 10011 4140 10009 4147 9945 4163 9945

$$

JWS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry31 min
Aug 3, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKeya Paha23 min
Aug 3, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKeya Paha46 min
Aug 4, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLoup42 min
Aug 4, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.