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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

August 7, 2021Blaine County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 7:35 PM CDT for Blaine County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 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
Aug 7, 2021, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
30

County Blaine County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2021-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 564 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
564 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

541 
WWUS83 KLBF 080035
SPSLBF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
735 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
 
NEZ008-026-080115-
Brown NE-Blaine NE-
735 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central Brown
and northern Blaine Counties through 815 PM CDT...

At 734 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles southeast of Purdum, or 12 miles west of Brewster, moving east
at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Hawley Flats.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4193 10017 4202 10020 4219 9984 4195 9973
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 257DEG 14KT 4199 10010 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

$$

CDC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry40 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.