Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2013, 3:22 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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 30, 2013, 3:22 PM MDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2013, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 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), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 3:35 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 8 Se Merriman, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 13 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 30, 1:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 796 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
541
WUUS53 KLBF 302122
SVRLBF
NEC031-302200-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0281.130730T2122Z-130730T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
322 PM MDT TUE JUL 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 400 PM MDT
* AT 320 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MERRIMAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
MERRIMAN...HIGHWAY 61 CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER AND INTERSECTION
OF HIGHWAY 61 AND SHADBOLT ROAD.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 141.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 206 AND 227.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4286 10132 4257 10159 4281 10195 4296 10178
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 288DEG 18KT 4286 10176
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
STOPPKOTTE1 follow-up statement
887 WWUS53 KLBF 302151 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 451 PM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013 NEC031-302200- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-130730T2200Z/ CHERRY NE- 351 PM MDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM MDT... AT 348 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MERRIMAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 60 MPH WIND WAS REPORTED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MERRIMAN. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 207 AND 219. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4272 10179 4292 10165 4286 10132 4257 10159 TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 285DEG 23KT 4277 10157 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$ STOPPKOTTE
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 30, 2:21 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 2:21 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 321 PM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 320 PM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN PLACE FOR NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2. ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA WILL CARRY EAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA OVER NIGHT AS THE FRONT OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA MOVES SOUTH TONIGHT. BUFR SOUNDINGS HINT AT REDEVELOPMENT OF FOG OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HAVE LOWERED TEMPERATURES ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT EXCEPT OVER SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL WHERE CLOUDS AND FOG SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES UP. FOG TO BURN OFF EARLY ON WEDNESDAY BUT COOLER AIR IN BEHIND FRONT WILL KEEP MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA IN COOLER TEMPERATURES. TEMPERATURES IN LOW 80S NORTH AND UPPER 80S EXTREME SOUTHWEST. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ONEILL AREA THROUGH THE MORNING AND THEN SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LATE AFTERNOON WITH A WEAK LOW DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 320 PM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013 A DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HAVE INCREASED POPS TO 50 PERCENT PORTIONS OF SHERIDAN AND WRN CHERRY COUNTY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE NAM MODEL HAS BEEN CONSISTENT SHOWING THIS AND THE 12Z GFS IS COMING IN LINE. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHEAST THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. HAVE INCREASED INTO LIKELY POPS CENTRAL AND EAST. A WEAK COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTHEAST AS A WARM FRONT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...FURTHER AIDING IN LIFT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT WITH FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND INSTABILITY. HIGHS THURSDAY MAINLY IN THE MID 80S. MAINLY A SLIGHT CHANCE FRIDAY WITH INCREASING 30-40 POPS FRIDAY NIGHT. CREST OF UPPER RIDGE AXIS TO BE ACROSS NEBR PANHANDLE AND ERN CO. AFTERNOON STORM DEVELOPMENT TO PUSH EAST IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SIMILAR SETUP THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. A NORTHWEST FLOW SETS UP SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH A 20 TO 30 PERCENT CHANCE DAILY. HIGHS MAINLY IN THE MID 80S. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1255 PM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013 HAVE ADDED VCTS IN THE VTN TAF BASED ON THE IDEA OF BETTER CONVECTIVE COVERAGE ACROSS NC NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONFIDENCE ON COVERAGE FURTHER SOUTH IS NOT AS GOOD AND THEREFORE LEFT OUT OF THE LBF TAF. OTHERWISE HAVE GONE WITH MAINLY IFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD...THOUGH SOME CONCERN ABOUT A REDEVELOPMENT OF LOW CLOUDS AND/OR FOG AFTER 09Z TONIGHT. THINK BETTER CHANCES FOR THIS WOULD BE EAST OF VTN TAF SITE SINCE A SHIFT TO A NORTHERLY WIND SHOULD OCCUR BEFORE ONSET...BUT MAY HAVE TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LBF TAF WITH LATER FCSTS. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...POWER LONG TERM...ROBERG AVIATION...JWS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 2:47 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 347 PM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-312100- 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- 347 PM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013 /247 PM MDT TUE JUL 30 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FROM CHAPPELL TO MERRIMAN AND MOVE EAST THROUGH THE WESTERN NEBRASKA SANDHILLS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM OGALLALA TO NORTH PLATTE TO ONEILL. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A STATIONARY FRONT WILL DRIFT NORTH AND SOUTH THROUGH THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE THE FOCUS FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE DURING THIS TIME. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS THURSDAY. WINDS ALOFT WILL BE STRONG...MOISTURE PLENTIFUL AND SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY IN THE EVENING ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA AND MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEBRASKA. && GET YOUR WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE) POWER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 2:26 PM MDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 326 PM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013 NEZ024-302115- HOOKER NE- 226 PM MDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN HOOKER COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM MDT... AT 224 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MULLEN... KELSO... THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 191. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 70. 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. STOPPKOTTE
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 2:46 PM MDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 246 PM MDT TUE JUL 30 2013 NEZ094-302130- WESTERN CHERRY NE- 246 PM MDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM MDT... AT 242 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITMAN...OR 38 MILES NORTHWEST OF MULLEN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... WHITMAN ROAD CROSSING THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE MIDDLE LOUP RIVER... SPECKEL MEIR LAKE... HIRE... THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 175 AND 188. 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. STOPPKOTTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 12:31 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LBF | Chase, Custer, Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 8 hr |
| Jul 30, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 45 min |
| Jul 30, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 28 min |
| Jul 30, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Keya Paha | 58 min |
| Jul 30, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 45 min |
| Jul 30, 4:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 43 min |
| Jul 30, 4:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha, Rock | 51 min |
| Jul 30, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 48 min |
| Jul 30, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, Thomas | 45 min |
| Jul 30, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha | 40 min |
| Jul 30, 5:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 50 min |
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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.