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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS North Platte, NE

July 10, 2014Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2014, 7:24 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 51 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, 2014, 7:24 PM MDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2014, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2014-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1498 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2014-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1498 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

591 
WUUS53 KLBF 110124
SVRLBF
NEC031-110215-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0252.140711T0124Z-140711T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
724 PM MDT THU JUL 10 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT/915 PM CDT/

* AT 723 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES WEST OF
  MERRITT RESERVOIR DAM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MERRITT RESERVOIR DAM AROUND 915 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STEER CREEK CAMPGROUND.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND 119.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4282 10095 4260 10078 4243 10125 4259 10138
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 239DEG 14KT 4256 10120

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
819 
WWUS53 KLBF 110148
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
848 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

NEC031-110215-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-140711T0215Z/
CHERRY NE-
748 PM MDT THU JUL 10 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHERRY
COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM MDT/915 PM CDT/...

AT 747 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF
MERRITT RESERVOIR DAM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MERRITT RESERVOIR DAM AROUND 915 PM CDT.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND 119.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4282 10095 4260 10078 4243 10125 4259 10138
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 246DEG 18KT 4261 10110

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH

$$
151 
WWUS53 KLBF 110210
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
910 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

NEC031-110220-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-140711T0215Z/
CHERRY NE-
810 PM MDT THU JUL 10 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT/815 PM MDT/...

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 ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4282 10095 4260 10078 4243 10125 4259 10138
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 246DEG 18KT 4265 10096

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 7:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan43 min
Jul 10, 8:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry54 min
Jul 10, 8:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry29 min
Jul 10, 10:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden50 min
Jul 10, 11:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Garden, Keith44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.