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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS North Platte, NE

July 10, 2013Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2013, 8:59 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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
Jul 10, 2013, 8:59 PM MDT (02:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2013, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 2013-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 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 2013-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2889 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

966 
WUUS53 KLBF 110259
SVRLBF
NEC031-110345-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0252.130711T0259Z-130711T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
859 PM MDT WED JUL 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM MDT

* AT 856 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MERRIMAN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
           ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHELL LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...IRWIN...INTERSECTION OF
  HIGHWAY 20 AND IRWIN ROAD...BAYONNE...ROCK HILL...HIGHWAY 61
  CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER AND INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 61 AND
  SHADBOLT ROAD.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 133.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 205 AND 220.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4265 10159 4256 10206 4299 10208 4300 10177
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 334DEG 27KT 4300 10201

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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2 follow-up statements
832 
WWUS53 KLBF 110326
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1026 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2013

NEC031-110345-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-130711T0345Z/
CHERRY NE-
926 PM MDT WED JUL 10 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM MDT...

AT 924 PM MDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MERRIMAN TO 9 MILES EAST OF GORDON...AND MOVING SOUTH
AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 20 AND IRWIN ROAD...BAYONNE...HIGHWAY 61
CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER...ROCK HILL AND INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY
61 AND SHADBOLT ROAD.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 134.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 205 AND 221.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4265 10159 4256 10206 4299 10208 4300 10177
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 346DEG 26KT 4288 10175 4278 10202

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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912 
WWUS53 KLBF 110345
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1045 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2013

NEC031-110355-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-130711T0345Z/
CHERRY NE-
945 PM MDT WED JUL 10 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.  HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4265 10159 4256 10206 4299 10208 4300 10177
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 346DEG 26KT 4288 10175 4278 10202

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 12:58 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryLBFBlaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Custer and 14 more31 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.