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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 198, NWS North Platte, NE

June 25, 2022Boyd County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2022, 1:37 AM CDT for Boyd County, Nebraska. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 25, 2022, 1:37 AM CDT (06:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2022, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Boyd County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3198 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 25, 12:54 AM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 12:54 AM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 3:10 PM CDT, 10 hours 27 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
310 PM CDT Fri Jun 24 2022

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-252015-
Sheridan-Eastern Cherry-Keya Paha-Boyd-Brown-Rock-Holt-Garden-
Grant-Hooker-Thomas-Blaine-Loup-Garfield-Wheeler-Arthur-McPherson-
Logan-Custer-Deuel-Keith-Perkins-Lincoln-Chase-Hayes-Frontier-
Western Cherry-
310 PM CDT Fri Jun 24 2022 /210 PM MDT Fri Jun 24 2022/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and
north central Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

There is a slight risk for severe thunderstorm develop this
evening through 3 am CDT Saturday along and east of a line from
Gordon, in Sheridan County to Whitman, in Grant County, to Paxton
in Keith County and Stockville in Frontier County. The primary
threats from severe storms will be large hail and damaging winds.

A weak surface trough extending from near Valentine southwest will
be the initial focus for thunderstorm development. This evening as
a cold front moves east across western Nebraska additional
thunderstorm development is expected to form in a broken line of
thunderstorms that may extend from near Valentine southwest to
Thedford, Tryon and Imperial. The line of storms will then move
eastward across western Nebraska into the north central, and exit
east overnight around 3 am CT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the
NWS.

&&

Get your weather, hydrological, and climate information at
http://www.weather.gov/northplatte

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 9:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
826 PM MDT Fri Jun 24 2022

NEZ024-094-250300-
Hooker NE-Western Cherry NE-
826 PM MDT Fri Jun 24 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Cherry
and northeastern Hooker Counties through 900 PM MDT...

At 825 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Mullen, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Mullen and Kelso.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 2 between mile markers 176 and 194.
 Highway 97 between mile markers 58 and 70.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4190 10122 4209 10121 4209 10086 4190 10085
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 234DEG 15KT 4200 10107

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

Brown

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 9:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
931 PM CDT Fri Jun 24 2022

NEZ059-070-071-250300-
Frontier NE-Hayes NE-Lincoln NE-
931 PM CDT Fri Jun 24 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of western Frontier,
south central Lincoln and Hayes Counties through 1000 PM CDT...

At 931 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles southeast of Dickens to near Hayes
Center to Palisade. Movement was east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Curtis, Hayes Center, Maywood, Hamlet, Quick, Marengo, Bluegill Haven
Campground, Willow View Campground, Hayes Center State Wildlife
Management Area and Red Willow Reservoir State Recreation Area.

This includes Highway 83 between mile markers 27 and 54.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4075 10106 4072 10049 4051 10045 4035 10060
      4035 10125
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 271DEG 32KT 4074 10091 4053 10093 4036 10107

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

Brown

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 10:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 24, 10:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 24, 10:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 12:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	38 min
Jun 24, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith	48 min
Jun 24, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Perkins	30 min
Jun 24, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hooker	51 min
Jun 24, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Chase	45 min
Jun 24, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln, Perkins	52 min
Jun 24, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	43 min
Jun 24, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Keith, Lincoln	51 min
Jun 24, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln, Perkins	37 min
Jun 24, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hooker	50 min
Jun 24, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	27 min
Jun 24, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	52 min
Jun 24, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hooker	34 min
Jun 24, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hayes	29 min
Jun 24, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln	43 min
Jun 24, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Lincoln	41 min
Jun 24, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keya Paha	44 min
Jun 24, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	18 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.