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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

April 6, 2021Sherman County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Apr 6, 2021, 7:39 PM CDT for Sherman County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 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
Apr 6, 2021, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

County Sherman County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2021-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
362 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted.

180 
WWUS83 KLBF 070039
SPSLBF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
739 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021
 
NEZ038-070115-
Custer NE-
739 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL
815 PM CDT...

At 739 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles northeast of Sumner, or 24 miles northeast of Lexington, moving
north at 30 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Block Hill Basin, Intersection of Highway 183 and Cumro Road and
Cumro.

This includes Highway 183 between mile markers 73 and 83.
 
LAT...LON 4105 9932 4105 9957 4124 9951 4117 9920
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 197DEG 27KT 4105 9944 

$$

Snively

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster29 min
Apr 6, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFMcPherson41 min
Apr 6, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry39 min
Apr 6, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster37 min
Apr 6, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSherman30 min
Apr 6, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLogan, Thomas45 min
Apr 6, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFThomas47 min
Apr 6, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry45 min
Apr 6, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster44 min
Apr 6, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLogan, Thomas52 min
Apr 6, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry47 min
Apr 6, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBlaine, Thomas47 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.