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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 284, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2013, 4:30 PM MDT for Cherry County, Hooker County, Thomas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 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, 4:30 PM MDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2013, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cherry County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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, 5:00 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 Se Mullen, NE | WIND GUSTS ESTIMTED AT 50-60 MPH. |
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 30 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 457 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
555 WUUS53 KLBF 302230 SVRLBF NEC031-091-171-302315- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0284.130730T2230Z-130730T2315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 430 PM MDT TUE JUL 30 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... EASTERN HOOKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... WEST CENTRAL THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 515 PM MDT/615 PM CDT/ * AT 430 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MULLEN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SENECA...KELSO...HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE DISMAL RIVER AND SHIMMONS LAKE. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 198. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 76. 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 4195 10070 4177 10096 4211 10135 4218 10100 TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 301DEG 28KT 4205 10104 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ STOPPKOTTE
1 follow-up statement
976
WWUS53 KLBF 302244
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
544 PM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013
NEC031-091-171-302315-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0284.000000T0000Z-130730T2315Z/
HOOKER NE-THOMAS NE-CHERRY NE-
444 PM MDT TUE JUL 30 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
CHERRY...WEST CENTRAL THOMAS AND EASTERN HOOKER COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM
MDT/615 PM CDT/...
AT 439 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MULLEN...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SENECA...HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE DISMAL RIVER AND SHIMMONS LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 198.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 76.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4195 10070 4177 10096 4211 10135 4218 10100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 306DEG 25KT 4200 10096
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
STOPPKOTTEWhat 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, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 2:21 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes 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, 1 hour 43 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, 2:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 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
Local storm report, Jul 30, 3:31 PM MDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
431 PM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM HAIL 20 NNW WHITMAN 42.31N 101.69W
07/30/2013 E1.00 INCH CHERRY NE PUBLIC
&&
MPOWERLocal storm report, Jul 30, 3:36 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
436 PM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM HAIL 20 N WHITMAN 42.33N 101.54W
07/30/2013 E1.00 INCH CHERRY NE PUBLIC
&&
MPOWERSpecial weather statement, Jul 30, 3:46 PM MDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 446 PM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013 NEZ058-069-302230- CHASE NE-PERKINS NE- 346 PM MDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PERKINS AND NORTHWESTERN CHASE COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM MDT... AT 344 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VENANGO...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JULESBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... VENANGO... BRANDON... LAMAR... CHASE... THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 62. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. KECK
Local storm report, Jul 30, 3:49 PM MDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
449 PM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM TSTM WND GST 8 SE MERRIMAN 42.84N 101.59W
07/30/2013 E60 MPH CHERRY NE PUBLIC
&&
MARTINSpecial weather statement, Jul 30, 4:17 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 517 PM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013 NEZ024-094-302245- HOOKER NE-WESTERN CHERRY NE- 417 PM MDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN CHERRY AND NORTHEASTERN HOOKER COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM MDT... AT 416 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MULLEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MULLEN... KELSO... HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE DISMAL RIVER... THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 195. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 76. 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. 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, 3:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 38 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, 4:32 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 |
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.