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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS North Platte, NE

June 13, 2021Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2021, 7:50 PM MDT for Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 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: Jun 13, 2021, 7:50 PM MDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2021, 8:30 PM MDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cherry County, NE, Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 13, 8:10 PM MDT	HAIL 1.5	23 Sse Gordon, NE	SPOTTER REPORTED SOME PING PONG SIZED HAIL.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 1422 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1895 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

832 
WUUS53 KLBF 140150
SVRLBF
NEC031-161-140230-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0047.210614T0150Z-210614T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
750 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 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 830 PM MDT.

* At 749 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Cody to 10 miles west of Medicine Lake to 21
  miles southeast of Gordon, moving southeast at 10 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...
  Cody, Nenzel, Medicine Lake, Highway 61 crossing the Snake River,
  Eli, Big Hill, Billys Lake, Morgan Lake, Schoolhouse Lake, Cody
  Lake, Highway 61 Crossing The Niobrara River, Intersection of
  Highway 61 and Shadbolt Road and Indian Hill.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 20 between mile markers 140 and 172.
 Highway 61 between mile markers 189 and 223.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4289 10089 4230 10193 4255 10227 4300 10150
      4300 10120
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 292DEG 7KT 4295 10129 4275 10164 4253 10202 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Taylor

1 follow-up statement

356 
WWUS53 KLBF 140229
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
829 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021

NEC031-161-140239-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-210614T0230Z/
Cherry NE-Sheridan NE-
829 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY AND EAST
CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM MDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
portions of central Sheridan County.

LAT...LON 4289 10089 4230 10193 4255 10227 4300 10150
      4300 10120
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 270DEG 7KT 4292 10119 4272 10154 4250 10192 

$$

NMJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 8:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	43 min
Jun 13, 8:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	40 min
Jun 13, 8:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	47 min
Jun 13, 8:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Garden, Grant, Sheridan	49 min
Jun 13, 9:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	50 min
Jun 13, 9:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Arthur, Grant	42 min
Jun 13, 10:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Grant, Hooker, McPherson	41 min
Jun 13, 11:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	42 min
Jun 13, 11:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	51 min
Jun 14, 12:58 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	47 min
Jun 14, 1:02 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	43 min
Jun 14, 1:46 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Deuel	44 min
Jun 14, 2:44 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Holt	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.