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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS North Platte, NE

July 13, 2009Brown County, Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2009, 9:44 PM CDT for Brown County, Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 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 13, 2009, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2009, 10:13 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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 13, 10:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG8 Ssw Wood Lake, NEPOWER POLES WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN BROKEN BY THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS. LOCATION 8 MILES SOUTH... SOUTHWEST OF WOOD LAKE IS APPROXIMATE.

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 13, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2009-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2857 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 2009-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2857 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1339 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
13.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 140244
SVRLBF
NEC017-031-140345-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0252.090714T0244Z-090714T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
944 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 943 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14
  MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 83 CROSSING GOOSE CREEK...OR 23 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF VALENTINE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY AT 1000 PM CDT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

&&

LAT...LON 4251 9986 4227 10051 4248 10064 4266 10025
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 333DEG 12KT 4256 10037

$$

SPRINGER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 140313
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1013 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2009

NEC017-031-140323-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-090714T0345Z/
BROWN NE-CHERRY NE-
1013 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHERRY AND WEST
CENTRAL BROWN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS DIMINISHED FOR WEST CENTRAL BROWN 
COUNTY...BUT A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EAST CENTRAL CHERRY 
COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4251 9986 4227 10051 4248 10064 4266 10025
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 333DEG 12KT 4247 10031

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry60 min
Jul 13, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden41 min
Jul 13, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry, Keya Paha66 min
Jul 13, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel, Keith38 min
Jul 13, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Perkins47 min
Jul 13, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Garden, Grant, Keith45 min
Jul 13, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry51 min
Jul 13, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson44 min
Jul 13, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry26 min
Jul 13, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry46 min
Jul 13, 9:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry51 min
Jul 13, 10:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry32 min
Jul 13, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha, Rock55 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.