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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 278, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2013, 6:09 PM MDT for Keith County, Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2013, 6:09 PM MDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2013, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 1:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 24, 5:25 PM MDT, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 5:25 PM MDT, 44 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 1:50 PM MDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 250 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2013 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-252000- SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN- GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- 250 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2013 /150 PM MDT WED JUL 24 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. STRONG STORMS CONTAINING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THURSDAY. PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM CHANCES REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...HOWEVER WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE TAYLOR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 2:59 PM MDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 359 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2013 NEZ010-242145- HOLT NE- 359 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HOLT COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 358 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SWAN LAKE...OR 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ONEILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... AMELIA... SWAN LAKE... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TAYLOR
Local storm report, Jul 24, 3:10 PM MDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
410 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM HAIL 3 NW STUART 42.63N 99.18W
07/24/2013 E1.00 INCH HOLT NE PUBLIC
&&
TKECKSpecial weather statement, Jul 24, 3:29 PM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 429 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2013 NEZ004-094-242215- SHERIDAN NE-WESTERN CHERRY NE- 329 PM MDT WED JUL 24 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CHERRY AND EASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM MDT... AT 324 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLINTON...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF GORDON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... BILLYS LAKE... MORGAN LAKE... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MARTIN
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:42 PM MDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 442 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2013 NEZ010-028-242230- GARFIELD NE-HOLT NE- 442 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HOLT AND NORTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF AMELIA...OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ONEILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... AMELIA... SWAN LAKE... SUNFISH LAKE... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. TAYLOR
Local storm report, Jul 24, 4:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
530 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0522 PM HAIL 3 S SWAN LAKE 42.14N 99.09W
07/24/2013 E1.00 INCH HOLT NE PUBLIC
HAIL FELL FOR FIVE MINUTES.
&&
TKECKLocal storm report, Jul 24, 4:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 25, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013
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.