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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS North Platte, NE

July 9, 2021Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 8:58 PM CDT for Custer 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
Jul 9, 2021, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2021, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Custer County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 9:30 PM CDTHAIL 0.884 E Ansley, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 9, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2799 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
2799 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

As transmitted.

037 
WUUS53 KLBF 100158
SVRLBF
NEC041-100245-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0086.210710T0158Z-210710T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
858 PM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Custer County in central Nebraska...

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 857 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Merna, or
  near Broken Bow, moving southeast at 25 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...
  Broken Bow, Ansley, Merna, Berwyn, Lillian and Buckeye. 

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 183 between mile markers 83 and 97.
 Highway 2 between mile markers 267 and 300.
 Highway 92 between mile markers 270 and 306.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4149 9984 4160 9965 4128 9924 4111 9952
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 321DEG 22KT 4149 9969 

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

CDC
1 follow-up statement
003 
WWUS53 KLBF 100224
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
924 PM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

NEC041-100245-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-210710T0245Z/
Custer NE-
924 PM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY...

At 924 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Berwyn, or near
Broken Bow, moving southeast at 25 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...
Broken Bow, Ansley, Berwyn, Westerville and Buckeye. 

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 183 between mile markers 83 and 97.
 Highway 2 between mile markers 279 and 300.
 Highway 92 between mile markers 300 and 306.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4136 9973 4147 9948 4128 9924 4111 9952
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 321DEG 22KT 4136 9955 

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

CDC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden, Sheridan44 min
Jul 9, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Garden, Grant45 min
Jul 9, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBlaine26 min
Jul 9, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFMcPherson24 min
Jul 9, 8:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLoup34 min
Jul 9, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLoup45 min
Jul 9, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFMcPherson29 min
Jul 9, 8:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster30 min
Jul 9, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Lincoln, Logan46 min
Jul 9, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster43 min
Jul 9, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHolt41 min
Jul 9, 9:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFWheeler52 min
Jul 9, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt52 min
Jul 9, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster33 min
Jul 9, 9:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHolt36 min
Jul 9, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster48 min
Jul 9, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt40 min
Jul 9, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan59 min
Jul 9, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Cherry, Garden, Grant, Sheridan55 min
Jul 9, 11:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan39 min
Jul 9, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Cherry, Garden, Grant, Hooker, Keith and 3 more67 min
Jul 9, 11:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFArthur, Grant, Hooker, McPherson33 min
Jul 10, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer, Hooker, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson and 1 more60 min
Jul 10, 1:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLincoln40 min
Jul 10, 1:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster48 min
Jul 10, 2:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLincoln42 min
Jul 10, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln53 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.