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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2021, 6:46 PM MDT for Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 59 min. 2 reports 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 16, 2021, 6:46 PM MDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2021, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Cherry County, NE, Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:43 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 6 N Gordon, NE | |
| Jul 16, 7:47 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | 5 E Gordon, NE | BLOWING DUST/DIRT. REPORT VIA NWS CHAT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 3:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KLBF 170046
SVRLBF
NEC031-161-170145-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0098.210717T0046Z-210717T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
646 PM MDT Fri Jul 16 2021
The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Cherry County in north central Nebraska...
Northeastern Sheridan County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...
* Until 745 PM MDT.
* At 645 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Manderson, or
9 miles northeast of Pine Ridge, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Gordon, Rushville, White Clay, Clinton, Intersection of Highway 87
and Craven Creek Road, Lone Butte, Irwin, Intersection of Highway
87 and Larabee Road, Mount Maria, Intersection of Highway 20 and
Irwin Road, Shell Lake, Bayonne, Intersection of Highway 27 and
Mills Road, Pine Ridge and Hoover Lake.
This includes the following highways...
Highway 20 between mile markers 85 and 127.
Highway 250 between mile markers 45 and 48.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This storm is producing destructive winds and large damaging hail.
SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows!
This thunderstorm is capable of producing all types of severe weather
including extremely large hail, destructive straight line winds and
tornadoes. Move quickly to a safe shelter such as an interior room, a
bathroom, closet or basement.
&&
LAT...LON 4300 10185 4280 10185 4263 10257 4300 10265
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 320DEG 28KT 4316 10247
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
CDC1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KLBF 170120
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
720 PM MDT Fri Jul 16 2021
NEC031-161-170145-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-210717T0145Z/
Cherry NE-Sheridan NE-
720 PM MDT Fri Jul 16 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY AND NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES...
At 719 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Batesland to 10 miles northwest of Hay Springs,
moving south at 25 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Gordon, Rushville, White Clay, Clinton, Intersection of Highway 87
and Craven Creek Road, Lone Butte, Irwin, Intersection of Highway 87
and Larabee Road, Mount Maria, Bayonne, Pine Ridge and Hoover Lake.
This includes the following highways...
Highway 20 between mile markers 85 and 127.
Highway 250 between mile markers 45 and 48.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
These storms are producing destructive winds and large damaging hail.
SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 4300 10185 4280 10185 4263 10257 4300 10265
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 338DEG 22KT 4307 10211 4282 10278
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
CDCThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 63 min |
| Jul 16, 8:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 8:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 9:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 62 min |
| Jul 16, 9:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Arthur, Grant, Hooker | 60 min |
| Jul 16, 9:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 10:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Logan, Thomas | 64 min |
| Jul 16, 10:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Arthur, Keith, McPherson | 61 min |
| Jul 16, 10:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 60 min |
| Jul 16, 10:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Grant | 49 min |
| Jul 16, 11:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Arthur | 65 min |
| Jul 16, 11:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Blaine | 63 min |
| Jul 16, 11:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 12:07 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer, Loup | 38 min |
| Jul 17, 12:12 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 63 min |
| Jul 17, 12:15 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Arthur | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 1:11 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Frontier | 64 min |
| Jul 17, 1:13 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 1:55 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Frontier | 58 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.