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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 41 min |
| May 13, 2:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Grant | 43 min |
| May 13, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant, Sheridan | 46 min |
| May 13, 2:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 41 min |
| May 13, 3:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Thomas | 48 min |
| May 13, 3:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Arthur, Grant | 48 min |
| May 13, 3:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Chase | 24 min |
| May 13, 3:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Arthur | 47 min |
| May 13, 3:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden, Grant | 52 min |
| May 13, 3:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Thomas | 49 min |
| May 13, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Chase | 47 min |
| May 13, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 46 min |
| May 13, 5:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Logan | 50 min |
| May 13, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson, Perkins | 48 min |
| May 13, 5:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | McPherson | 45 min |
| May 13, 5:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan, Thomas | 39 min |
| May 13, 5:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes, Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 40 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.