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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2021, 8:39 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 21 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
- Jul 8, 2021, 8:39 PM MDT (02:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2021, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 667 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted.
310 WWUS83 KLBF 090239 SPSLBF Special Weather Statement National Weather Service North Platte NE 939 PM CDT Thu Jul 8 2021 NEZ005-094-090300- Eastern Cherry NE-Western Cherry NE- 939 PM CDT Thu Jul 8 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT/900 PM MDT/... At 938 PM CDT/838 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles northwest of Merritt Reservoir, or 26 miles southwest of Valentine, moving southeast at 50 mph. Penny size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Merritt Reservoir and Steer Creek Campground. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If on or near Merritt Reservoir, get out of the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm. && LAT...LON 4271 10119 4281 10101 4259 10066 4243 10092 TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 311DEG 43KT 4270 10102 $$ Snively
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 6:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Chase | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 8:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 8:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 8:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 9:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 9:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Blaine | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 12:19 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 41 min |
| Jul 9, 1:32 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 1:56 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 2:43 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Thomas | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 5:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Sheridan | 41 min |
| Jul 9, 5:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Garden | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.