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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS North Platte, NE

July 2, 2017Cherry County, Hooker County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2017, 3:33 PM MDT for Cherry County, Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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 2, 2017, 3:33 PM MDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2017, 4:15 PM MDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cherry County, NE, Hooker County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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 2, 3:51 PM MDT	HAIL 1	10 Ne Mullen, NE	DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 535 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -338 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

898 
WUUS53 KLBF 022133
SVRLBF
NEC031-091-022215-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0073.170702T2133Z-170702T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
333 PM MDT SUN JUL 2 2017

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Cherry County in north central Nebraska...
  Northeastern Hooker County in west central Nebraska...

* Until 415 PM MDT

* At 333 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest
  of Seneca, or 9 miles northeast of Mullen, moving north at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Giant Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4221 10081 4209 10083 4209 10085 4205 10085
      4207 10097 4220 10098
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 181DEG 6KT 4213 10091 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ET

2 follow-up statements

962 
WWUS53 KLBF 022151
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
351 PM MDT SUN JUL 2 2017

NEC091-022201-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-170702T2215Z/
Hooker NE-
351 PM MDT SUN JUL 2 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HOOKER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4209 10097 4218 10095 4217 10082 4209 10083
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 198DEG 4KT 4214 10090 

$$

NEC031-022215-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-170702T2215Z/
Cherry NE-
351 PM MDT SUN JUL 2 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY...

At 351 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest of
Seneca, or 10 miles northeast of Mullen, and is nearly stationary.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Cherry County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4209 10097 4218 10095 4217 10082 4209 10083
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 198DEG 4KT 4214 10090 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ET

321 
WWUS53 KLBF 022209
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
409 PM MDT SUN JUL 2 2017

NEC031-022219-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-170702T2215Z/
Cherry NE-
409 PM MDT SUN JUL 2 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM MDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4209 10097 4218 10095 4217 10082 4209 10083
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 181DEG 6KT 4217 10090 

$$

ET

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 11:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	49 min
Jul 2, 1:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield	47 min
Jul 2, 2:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield, Wheeler	49 min
Jul 2, 2:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield	42 min
Jul 2, 2:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hooker	52 min
Jul 2, 3:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	43 min
Jul 2, 3:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	51 min
Jul 2, 3:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	48 min
Jul 2, 3:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer	28 min
Jul 2, 3:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	47 min
Jul 2, 3:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hooker	42 min
Jul 2, 3:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Logan, Thomas	49 min
Jul 2, 3:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden, Sheridan	49 min
Jul 2, 4:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	42 min
Jul 2, 4:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Garfield, Loup	48 min
Jul 2, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	24 min
Jul 2, 4:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hooker	43 min
Jul 2, 4:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden, Grant, Sheridan	30 min
Jul 2, 4:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	18 min
Jul 2, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan	47 min
Jul 2, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer	39 min
Jul 2, 4:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Grant, Hooker	23 min
Jul 2, 4:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Grant	23 min
Jul 2, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Loup	30 min
Jul 2, 5:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	McPherson	38 min
Jul 2, 5:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Deuel	35 min
Jul 2, 5:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Grant, Hooker	29 min
Jul 2, 5:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel, Garden	24 min
Jul 2, 5:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	34 min
Jul 2, 5:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	62 min
Jul 2, 5:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine	42 min
Jul 2, 5:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	McPherson	23 min
Jul 2, 5:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	43 min
Jul 2, 5:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	27 min
Jul 2, 5:49 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Custer	26 min
Jul 2, 5:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Deuel	37 min
Jul 2, 5:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	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.