Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2021, 4:28 PM MDT for Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 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
- Aug 14, 2021, 4:28 PM MDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2021, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cherry County, NE, Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 4:30 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 16 S Gordon, NE | HAILED FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 14, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 911 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted.
163
WUUS53 KLBF 142228
SVRLBF
NEC031-161-142315-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0127.210814T2228Z-210814T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
428 PM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021
The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
West central Cherry County in north central Nebraska...
East central Sheridan County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...
* Until 515 PM MDT.
* At 428 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles south of
Gordon, moving southeast at 15 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...
Highway 27 crossing the Niobrara River, Big Hill, Billys Lake and
Morgan Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 4254 10233 4267 10222 4255 10182 4231 10202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 300DEG 12KT 4256 10220
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
NMJ2 follow-up statements
780
WWUS53 KLBF 142243
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
443 PM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021
NEC031-161-142315-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-210814T2315Z/
Cherry NE-Sheridan NE-
443 PM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL CHERRY AND EAST CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTIES...
At 442 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 19 miles southeast
of Rushville, moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Highway 27 crossing the Niobrara River, Big Hill, Billys Lake and
Morgan Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 4254 10233 4267 10222 4255 10182 4231 10202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 325DEG 15KT 4250 10220
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
NMJ442
WWUS53 KLBF 142313
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
513 PM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021
NEC031-161-142322-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-210814T2315Z/
Cherry NE-Sheridan NE-
513 PM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CHERRY AND EAST
CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM MDT...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM MDT for
the Panhandle of and north central Nebraska.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
east central Sheridan County until 545 PM MDT.
LAT...LON 4254 10233 4267 10222 4255 10182 4231 10202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 300DEG 12KT 4245 10209
$$
NMJThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 5:09 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keith | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 5:18 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 5:43 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 5:51 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 19 min |
| Aug 14, 5:56 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, McPherson | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 6:23 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 6:44 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | McPherson | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 6:59 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 7:35 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keith | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 7:44 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Perkins | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 8:14 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 8:33 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Perkins | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 8:49 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 8:59 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Perkins | 26 min |
| Aug 14, 9:28 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 10:02 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 10:44 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hayes | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 11:39 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 12:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Dawes | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 4:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 4:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 5:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 5:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 5:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.