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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

May 13, 2021Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at May 13, 2021, 2:12 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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
May 13, 2021, 2:12 PM MDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2021, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-13Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 306 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
306 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

720 
WWUS83 KLBF 132012
SPSLBF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
212 PM MDT Thu May 13 2021
 
NEZ094-132100-
Western Cherry NE-
212 PM MDT Thu May 13 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

At 212 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16
miles south of Medicine Lake, or 39 miles northwest of Mullen, moving
east at 15 mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Sevenmile Hill, Round Lake and Speckel Meir Lake. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 4243 10164 4260 10157 4253 10107 4226 10119
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 286DEG 14KT 4250 10152 

$$

Jurgensen

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 2:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry41 min
May 13, 2:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGrant43 min
May 13, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant, Sheridan46 min
May 13, 2:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden41 min
May 13, 3:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFThomas48 min
May 13, 3:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFArthur, Grant48 min
May 13, 3:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFChase24 min
May 13, 3:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFArthur47 min
May 13, 3:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Garden, Grant52 min
May 13, 3:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFThomas49 min
May 13, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFChase47 min
May 13, 4:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Keith46 min
May 13, 5:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLogan50 min
May 13, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson, Perkins48 min
May 13, 5:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFMcPherson45 min
May 13, 5:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Lincoln, Logan, Thomas39 min
May 13, 5:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes, Keith, Lincoln, Perkins40 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.