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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS North Platte, NE

July 26, 2022Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2022, 5:26 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 21 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 26, 2022, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2022, 5:47 PM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Custer County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 26, 5:44 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 Ese Mason City, NE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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: 425 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -259 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

119 
WUUS53 KLBF 262226
SVRLBF
NEC041-262300-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0252.220726T2226Z-220726T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
526 PM CDT Tue Jul 26 2022

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Custer County in central Nebraska...

* Until 600 PM CDT.

* At 526 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ansley, or 17
  miles southeast of Broken Bow, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Ansley, Mason City and Gavin Siding. 

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 183 between mile markers 83 and 97.
 Highway 2 between mile markers 292 and 307.
 Highway 92 between mile markers 300 and 308.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4121 9946 4139 9941 4137 9920 4113 9921
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 282DEG 31KT 4129 9935 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Brown

2 follow-up statements

784 
WWUS53 KLBF 262238
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
538 PM CDT Tue Jul 26 2022

NEC041-262300-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-220726T2300Z/
Custer NE-
538 PM CDT Tue Jul 26 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY...

At 538 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mason City, or
24 miles southeast of Broken Bow, moving southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Mason City and Gavin Siding. 

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 183 near mile marker 83.
 Highway 2 between mile markers 299 and 307.
 Highway 92 between mile markers 303 and 308.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4119 9939 4137 9924 4137 9920 4113 9921
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 294DEG 31KT 4123 9923 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Brown

903 
WWUS53 KLBF 262247 RRA
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
547 PM CDT Tue Jul 26 2022

NEC041-262257-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-220726T2300Z/
Custer NE-
547 PM CDT Tue Jul 26 2022

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4119 9939 4137 9924 4137 9920 4113 9921
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 282DEG 31KT 4121 9912 

$$

Brown

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 10:20 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LBF	Custer, Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln, Logan	8 hr
Jul 26, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	29 min
Jul 26, 2:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	27 min
Jul 26, 2:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	17 min
Jul 26, 3:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	31 min
Jul 26, 5:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	24 min
Jul 26, 5:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	23 min
Jul 26, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Loup	32 min
Jul 26, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Wheeler	35 min
Jul 26, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	25 min
Jul 26, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Wheeler	24 min
Jul 26, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Garden, Keith	46 min
Jul 26, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	23 min
Jul 26, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	34 min
Jul 26, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Perkins	38 min
Jul 26, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Wheeler	49 min
Jul 26, 5:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Keith, Perkins	25 min
Jul 26, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Perkins	39 min
Jul 26, 5:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Keith, Perkins	17 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.