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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS North Platte, NE

July 3, 2021Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2021, 7:08 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2021, 7:08 PM MDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2021, 8:03 PM MDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 111 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 3, 3:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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: 64 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -214 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

409 
WUUS53 KLBF 040108
SVRLBF
NEC031-040215-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0080.210704T0108Z-210704T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
708 PM MDT Sat Jul 3 2021

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Cherry County in north central Nebraska...

* Until 815 PM MDT.

* At 708 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles east of
  Merriman, or 22 miles southeast of Martin, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf 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, Kilgore, Nenzel, Eli, Anderson Bridge State Wildlife
  Management Area and Cody Lake.

This includes Highway 20 between mile markers 141 and 177.

This warning replaces the previous warning in effect for 
northwestern Cherry County. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4274 10090 4277 10160 4299 10161 4300 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 267DEG 27KT 4290 10149 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Buttler

2 follow-up statements

878 
WWUS53 KLBF 040142
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
742 PM MDT Sat Jul 3 2021

NEC031-040215-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-210704T0215Z/
Cherry NE-
742 PM MDT Sat Jul 3 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...

At 742 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
Cody, or 22 miles southeast of Martin, moving southeast at 35 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...
Cody, Kilgore, Nenzel, Eli, Anderson Bridge State Wildlife Management
Area and Cody Lake.

This includes Highway 20 between mile markers 141 and 177.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4274 10090 4277 10160 4299 10161 4300 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 314DEG 30KT 4296 10140 

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

Buttler

397 
WWUS53 KLBF 040203
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
803 PM MDT Sat Jul 3 2021

NEC031-040213-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-210704T0215Z/
Cherry NE-
803 PM MDT Sat Jul 3 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
north central Nebraska.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
North Platte.

LAT...LON 4274 10090 4277 10160 4299 10161 4300 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 267DEG 27KT 4297 10119 

$$

Buttler

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 6:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	67 min
Jul 3, 6:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	45 min
Jul 3, 6:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	47 min
Jul 3, 7:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	40 min
Jul 3, 8:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	41 min
Jul 3, 8:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	45 min
Jul 3, 8:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hooker	49 min
Jul 3, 9:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	50 min
Jul 3, 9:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keya Paha	39 min
Jul 3, 9:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Thomas	52 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.