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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

July 16, 2021Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2021, 9:13 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 62 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 16, 2021, 9:13 PM MDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2021, 10:15 PM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:14 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2021-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 989 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2021-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
989 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted.

338 
WWUS83 KLBF 170313
SPSLBF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1013 PM CDT Fri Jul 16 2021
 
NEZ005-008-024-025-094-170415-
Brown NE-Hooker NE-Eastern Cherry NE-Western Cherry NE-Thomas NE-
1013 PM CDT Fri Jul 16 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CHERRY...NORTHEASTERN
HOOKER...NORTHWESTERN BROWN AND WESTERN THOMAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM
CDT/1015 PM MDT/...

At 1011 PM CDT/911 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles southeast of
Kilgore to 19 miles north of Mullen. Movement was southeast at 40
mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Valentine, Thedford, Seneca, Brownlee, Merritt Reservoir, Crookston, 
Wood Lake, Sparks, Marsh Flat, Anderson Bridge, Smith Falls, 
Schlagel Creek, Norway and Sevenmile Hill.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 20 between mile markers 181 and 223.
 Highway 2 between mile markers 190 and 214.
 Highway 97 between mile markers 72 and 141.
 Highway 83 between mile markers 141 and 222.
 Highway 12 between mile markers 1 and 21.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
these storms pass.

&&

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT/1100
PM MDT/ for north central and west central Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4278 10020 4277 10018 4246 10020 4179 10061
      4228 10128 4299 10081 4300 10021
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 309DEG 33KT 4288 10078 4230 10116 

$$

CDC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 6:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan59 min
Jul 16, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan32 min
Jul 16, 7:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan63 min
Jul 16, 8:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry46 min
Jul 16, 8:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan31 min
Jul 16, 9:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFArthur, Grant, Hooker60 min
Jul 16, 9:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan33 min
Jul 16, 10:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBlaine, Brown, Logan, Thomas64 min
Jul 16, 10:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFArthur, Keith, McPherson61 min
Jul 16, 10:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan60 min
Jul 16, 10:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGrant49 min
Jul 16, 11:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFArthur65 min
Jul 16, 11:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBlaine63 min
Jul 16, 11:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLincoln44 min
Jul 17, 12:07 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster, Loup38 min
Jul 17, 12:12 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLincoln63 min
Jul 17, 12:15 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFArthur45 min
Jul 17, 1:11 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier64 min
Jul 17, 1:13 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarfield, Wheeler62 min
Jul 17, 1:55 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFFrontier58 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.