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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 370, NWS North Platte, NE

August 21, 2013Brown County, Rock County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2013, 8:20 PM CDT for Brown County, Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 55 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: Aug 21, 2013, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired: Aug 21, 2013, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Brown County, NE, Rock County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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
Aug 21, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 193 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1759 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 13.4

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The text

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

864 
WUUS53 KLBF 220120
SVRLBF
NEC017-149-220215-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0370.130822T0120Z-130822T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
820 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHWESTERN ROCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 815 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
  LONG PINE...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BASSETT.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 245 AND 268.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 183 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 178 AND 205.

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 4276 9933 4252 9937 4250 9981 4271 9986
      4273 9963 4272 9954 4274 9946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 264DEG 9KT 4261 9971

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

BUTTLER

1 follow-up statement

164 
WWUS53 KLBF 220149
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
849 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

NEC017-149-220159-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0370.000000T0000Z-130822T0215Z/
BROWN NE-ROCK NE-
849 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ROCK AND
NORTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM 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 THIS 
THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

LAT...LON 4276 9933 4252 9937 4250 9981 4271 9986
      4273 9963 4272 9954 4274 9946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 264DEG 9KT 4262 9961

$$

BUTTLER

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 Aug 21, 6:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 6:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
622 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 342 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

UPPER RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...CLOSED LOW OFF THE
CALIFORNIA COAST AND UPPER TROUGH GREAT LAKES INTO THE OHIO
VALLEY. UPPER LOW MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL CANADA PUSHING A SURFACE
COOL FRONT THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 342 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS RESIDE ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MODIFIED SOUNDING AT NORTH PLATTE
INDICATING NEARLY 5000 J/KG OF SURFACE BASED CAPE. STILL SOMEWHAT OF
A CAP...BUT THAT IS ERODING AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM
ONEILL TO OGALLALA. A 45 KT SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS THROUGH
WESTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING...WITH THE NOSE LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA. THIS SHOULD HELP INCREASE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. THE JET
DOESN/T BEGIN TO VEER TO SOUTHWEST UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...SO THERE IS
POTENTIAL FOR CONTINUED REDEVELOPMENT AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
THIS SEEMS MOST LIKELY FROM AREAS AROUND NORTH PLATTE NORTHEAST
THROUGH BROKEN BOW AND ONEILL. AS FAR AS SEVERE...SHEAR IS PRETTY
WEAK...WITH EVEN EFFECTIVE SHEAR VALUES CURRENTLY LESS THAN 20
KTS. THIS IS FORECASTED TO INCREASE A BIT AS THE FRONT SAGS SOUTH
THIS EVENING...BUT STILL REMAINING PRETTY WEAK. SO ALTHOUGH A FEW
SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...IT DOESN/T APPEAR THAT WIDESPREAD
SEVERE STORMS SHOULD BE AN ISSUE. IF A STORM DOES BECOME
SEVERE...DAMAGING WIND APPEARS TO BE THE MAIN THREAT.

THE FRONT WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA
THURSDAY. EAST WINDS TO THE NORTH OF THE FRONT WILL USHER IN A
LITTLE COOLER AIR...WITH HIGHS MOST AREA IN THE 80S. HUMIDITY WILL
STILL BE ON THE HIGH SIDE WITH DEW POINTS REMAINING IN THE
60S.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 342 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT
TAPERING DOWN THROUGH THE EVENING AND SKIES CLEARING OUT WEST TO
EAST. FRIDAY 850MB TEMPERATURES RISE TO AROUND 26C. 80S TO THE
NORTHEAST AND 90S WEST TO SOUTHWEST. UPPER RIDGE C3ENTERED OVER
OKLAHOMA WITH NORTHWEST NEBRASKA AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE IN
SOUTHWEST FLOW RING OF FIRE AS THE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE NORTHERN
PLAINS. WEST COAST TROUGH AND EAST COAST IN UPPER TROUGH. 850MB
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE
WEEK...APPROACHING 29C BY WEDNESDAY. SCHC PRECIPITATION OVER THE
EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THE
WEEK. TEMPERATURES HOLDING IN THE 90S AS THE RIDGE STRENGTHENS AND
BECOMES CENTERED OVER KANSAS. LOWS IN THE 60S AND 70S. SUMMER
RETURNS.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 622 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO END BY 08Z
TONIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME...EXPECT SOME GUSTY WINDS TO 40 KTS IN
THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VISBYS DOWN TO 3 TO 5 MILES.
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY...CIGS RANGING FROM 10000 TO
20000 FT ARE EXPECTED WITH LIGHT NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF UNDER 10
KTS.

&&

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SYNOPSIS...POWER
SHORT TERM...TAYLOR
LONG TERM...POWER
AVIATION...CLB

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 5:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
530 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-222230-
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-
530 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013 /430 PM MDT WED AUG 21 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WIND IS THE MAIN THREAT...WITH A
LESSER THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY...MAINLY NORTH OF A
LINE FROM ONEILL TO OGALLALA. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT LIKELY TO BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

&&

GET YOUR WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE)

TAYLOR

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 21, 7:34 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
734 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0733 PM     HAIL             4 W BIG SPRINGS         41.06N 102.15W
08/21/2013  E1.75 INCH       DEUEL              NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            ALL WINDOWS ON NORTH SIDE OF HOUSE BROKEN OUT DUE TO
            COMBINATION OF LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS.

&&

MARTIN

Special weather statement, Aug 21, 7:44 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
744 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

NEZ008-026-220130-
BLAINE NE-BROWN NE-
744 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BROWN AND BLAINE
COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELSMERE...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BREWSTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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...
  BREWSTER...
  HAWLEY FLATS...

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.

BUTTLER

Local storm report, Aug 21, 7:45 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
745 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0744 PM     HAIL             NEWPORT                 42.60N 99.33W
08/21/2013  E2.75 INCH       ROCK               NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

MARTIN

Special weather statement, Aug 21, 8:03 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
803 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

NEZ007-220130-
BOYD NE-
803 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN BOYD COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM
CDT...

AT 758 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GROSS...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPENCER...
MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
  LYNCH...

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.

BUTTLER

Local storm report, Aug 21, 8:04 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
804 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0745 PM     HAIL             3 S BIG SPRINGS         41.02N 102.07W
08/21/2013  E1.00 INCH       DEUEL              NE   PUBLIC

            GROUND WAS WHITE AND COVERED IN HAIL.

&&

MARTIN

Local storm report, Aug 21, 8:14 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
814 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0750 PM     HAIL             4 SE NEWPORT            42.56N 99.27W
08/21/2013  E1.75 INCH       ROCK               NE   PUBLIC

            REPORTED ONE WINDOW BROKEN OUT.

&&

MARTIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 21, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel, Keith	45 min
Aug 21, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	McPherson	47 min
Aug 21, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt, Rock	45 min
Aug 21, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel, Keith, Perkins	41 min
Aug 21, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry	64 min
Aug 21, 7:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Deuel	5 hr
Aug 21, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	60 min
Aug 21, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Loup, Rock	59 min
Aug 21, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	44 min
Aug 21, 9:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Holt	6 hr
Aug 21, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock	60 min
Aug 21, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt, Wheeler	46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.