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Areal Flood Advisory 10, NWS North Platte, NE

July 6, 2021Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 6, 2021, 12:57 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2021, 12:57 PM CDT (17:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Custer County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 688 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2021-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
688 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1249 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Jul 6, 12:52 PM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 12:52 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 11:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1106 AM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-071615-
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-
1106 AM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021 /1006 AM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and
north central Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

Scattered thunderstorms are possible into this evening mainly
east of a line from Hayes Center through North Platte and Bassett.
A few storms may become severe with large hail, damaging wind,
and locally heavy rainfall the main threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

Additional thunderstorms will be possible Thursday through
Saturday, with the strongest storms Friday into Friday night. At
this time, the threat for widespread severe weather is low during
this period.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the
NWS.

&&

More information at www.weather.gov/northplatte

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 11:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1142 AM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021

NEZ059-061715-
Lincoln NE-
1142 AM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL
1215 PM CDT...

At 1142 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Brady, or 21 miles north of Curtis, moving east at 30 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Vroman and Jeffrey Canyon State Wildlife Management Area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 4088 10052 4098 10057 4103 10023 4082 10022
TIME...MOT...LOC 1642Z 262DEG 28KT 4093 10039

Roberg
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 12:37 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1237 PM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021

NEZ038-061815-
Custer NE-
1237 PM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL
115 PM CDT...

At 1236 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Callaway, or 16 miles southwest of Broken Bow, moving southeast at 20
mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Callaway, Lodi and Pressey State Wildlife Management Area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 4127 10003 4137 9996 4131 9962 4113 9970
TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 293DEG 18KT 4130 9993

Roberg
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 12:47 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1247 PM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021

NEZ038-061830-
Custer NE-
1247 PM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL
130 PM CDT...

At 1246 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms
along a line extending from near Sargent to 10 miles southwest of
Broken Bow. Movement was southeast at 20 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Broken Bow, Sargent, Berwyn, Weissert, Westerville, Round Valley and
Wescott.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 4149 9922 4129 9958 4138 9993 4167 9936
TIME...MOT...LOC 1746Z 279DEG 15KT 4157 9935 4134 9977

Roberg

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 8:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan39 min
Jul 6, 11:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLincoln33 min
Jul 6, 12:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster38 min
Jul 6, 12:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster43 min
Jul 6, 1:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFCuster, Garfield, Wheeler3 hr
Jul 6, 2:01 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLBFCuster3 hr
Jul 6, 6:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier37 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.