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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS North Platte, NE

September 1, 2021Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2021, 10:30 PM MDT for Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 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
Sep 1, 2021, 10:30 PM MDT (04:30 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2021, 11:15 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Cherry County, NE, Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:32 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 1, 11:00 PM MDTTSTM WND DMG24 Ssw Merriman, NETHUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 60 TO 70 MPH TORE TWO DOORS OFF OF AN OUTBUILDING. TWELVE INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS WERE ALSO REPORTED DOWN AT THIS LOCATION.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 1, 5:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2021-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 549 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2021-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
549 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1203 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

842 
WUUS53 KLBF 020430
SVRLBF
NEC031-161-020515-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0171.210902T0430Z-210902T0515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1030 PM MDT Wed Sep 1 2021

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Cherry County in north central Nebraska...
  East central Sheridan County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...

* Until 1115 PM MDT.

* At 1030 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 27 miles
  southeast of Gordon, moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Cody, Merriman, Medicine Lake, Highway 61 crossing the Snake River,
  Eli, Morgan Lake, Irwin, Intersection of Highway 20 and Irwin Road,
  Shell Lake State Wildlife Management Area, Rock Hill, Bayonne,
  Highway 61 Crossing The Niobrara River and Intersection of Highway
  61 and Shadbolt Road.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 20 between mile markers 112 and 162.
 Highway 61 between mile markers 187 and 230.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Intense thunderstorm lines can produce brief tornadoes and widespread
significant wind damage. Although a tornado is not immediately
likely, it is best to move to an interior room on the lowest floor of
a building. This storm may cause serious injury and significant
property damage.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4234 10178 4248 10218 4299 10203 4299 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 202DEG 33KT 4248 10191 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

CDC
1 follow-up statement
692 
WWUS53 KLBF 020449
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1049 PM MDT Wed Sep 1 2021

NEC161-020458-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-210902T0515Z/
Sheridan NE-
1049 PM MDT Wed Sep 1 2021

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

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight MDT for
north central Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4240 10171 4280 10208 4299 10203 4299 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 0448Z 210DEG 33KT 4261 10173 

$$

NEC031-020515-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-210902T0515Z/
Cherry NE-
1049 PM MDT Wed Sep 1 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY...

At 1048 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 17 miles southwest
of Medicine Lake, or 27 miles southeast of Gordon, moving northeast
at 40 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Cody, Merriman, Medicine Lake, Highway 61 crossing the Snake River,
Eli, Highway 61 Crossing The Niobrara River, Irwin, Intersection of 
Highway 61 and Shadbolt Road, Shell Lake and Bayonne.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 20 between mile markers 113 and 162.
 Highway 61 between mile markers 190 and 230.

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 4240 10171 4280 10208 4299 10203 4299 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 0448Z 210DEG 33KT 4261 10173 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

CDC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 6:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden, Sheridan28 min
Sep 1, 6:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan52 min
Sep 1, 7:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan54 min
Sep 1, 7:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHayes42 min
Sep 1, 8:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan45 min
Sep 1, 9:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarden52 min
Sep 1, 9:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan47 min
Sep 1, 9:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan33 min
Sep 1, 9:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFArthur18 min
Sep 1, 9:46 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFCherry, Garden, Sheridan3 hr
Sep 1, 9:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan65 min
Sep 1, 9:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFArthur, Grant61 min
Sep 1, 10:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFArthur18 min
Sep 1, 11:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFArthur, Deuel, Garden, Keith, Perkins3 hr
Sep 1, 11:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFArthur45 min
Sep 1, 11:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLogan46 min
Sep 2, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFValley32 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.