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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS North Platte, NE

June 23, 2021Keya Paha County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2021, 8:04 PM CDT for Keya Paha County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 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 23, 2021, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2021, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Keya Paha County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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
Jun 23, 8:32 PM CDT	HAIL 1	6 N Springview, NE

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
Jun 23, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 200 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: 3468 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -185 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

052 
WUUS53 KLBF 240104
SVRLBF
NEC103-240145-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0063.210624T0104Z-210624T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
804 PM CDT Wed Jun 23 2021

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Keya Paha County in north central Nebraska...

* Until 845 PM CDT.

* At 804 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of 
  Millboro, or 13 miles northwest of Springview, moving east at 25 
  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...
  Springview, Norden, Burton, Nets Peak, Thomas Creek State Wildlife
  Management Area and North River Trail.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 183 between mile markers 209 and 225.
 Highway 12 between mile markers 27 and 70.

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 4273 9955 4278 9999 4279 10000 4278 10004
      4278 10006 4280 10011 4300 10016 4300 9949
      4299 9946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 261DEG 18KT 4297 9992 

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

Gomez

1 follow-up statement

947 
WWUS53 KLBF 240130
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
830 PM CDT Wed Jun 23 2021

NEC103-240145-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-210624T0145Z/
Keya Paha NE-
830 PM CDT Wed Jun 23 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR KEYA PAHA COUNTY...

At 830 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wewela, or 11
miles north of Springview, moving east at 20 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...
Springview, Norden, Burton, Nets Peak, Thomas Creek State Wildlife
Management Area and North River Trail.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 183 between mile markers 209 and 225.
 Highway 12 between mile markers 27 and 70.

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 4273 9955 4278 9999 4279 10000 4278 10004
      4278 10006 4280 10011 4300 10016 4300 9949
      4299 9946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 261DEG 18KT 4299 9974 

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

Gomez

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keya Paha	50 min
Jun 23, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha	18 min
Jun 23, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Grant	36 min
Jun 23, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keya Paha	46 min
Jun 23, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Keya Paha, Rock	53 min
Jun 23, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keya Paha	32 min
Jun 23, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock	43 min
Jun 23, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Keya Paha	40 min
Jun 23, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha, Rock	35 min
Jun 23, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt, Wheeler	33 min
Jun 23, 10:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown	27 min
Jun 23, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt, Wheeler	52 min
Jun 23, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha, Loup, Rock	48 min
Jun 23, 11:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine, Logan, Loup	40 min
Jun 23, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Custer, Loup	25 min
Jun 23, 11:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock, Wheeler	3 hr
Jun 23, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock and 1 more	50 min
Jun 24, 12:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Garfield, Holt, Loup, Wheeler	30 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.