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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS North Platte, NE

July 13, 20234 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2023, 5:34 PM MDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 41 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: Jul 13, 2023, 5:34 PM MDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2023, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Arthur County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Keith County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 13, 1:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 308 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: 9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -357 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 13, 5:23 PM MDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 5:23 PM MDT, 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 3:01 PM MDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
401 PM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-142115-
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-
401 PM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023 /301 PM MDT Thu Jul 13 2023/

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms are possible across much of the area this
morning into the early afternoon, but the severe potential is low.

The severe potential increases this afternoon and evening,
especially for areas primarily along and west of Highway 83. The
primary threats will be very large hail of golf ball sized or larger
and strong winds up to 60 mph. In addition, an isolated tornado
cannot be ruled out. Storms should decrease intensity by mid evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible Friday into the
weekend. The severe potential will be limited with this activity.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this evening.

Taylor

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 13, 5:05 PM MDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 5:06 PM MDT, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 5:07 PM MDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:17 PM MDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 5:31 PM MDT, 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 5:33 PM MDT, 1 minute 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
Jul 12, 7:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	51 min
Jul 13, 4:16 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	29 min
Jul 13, 4:59 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	46 min
Jul 13, 8:03 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hooker	57 min
Jul 13, 9:30 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Thomas	60 min
Jul 13, 9:38 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	52 min
Jul 13, 1:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	46 min
Jul 13, 1:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Cherry	46 min
Jul 13, 2:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown	39 min
Jul 13, 2:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	32 min
Jul 13, 2:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry	48 min
Jul 13, 4:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown	36 min
Jul 13, 4:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	52 min
Jul 13, 4:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Dawes	25 min
Jul 13, 5:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	44 min
Jul 13, 5:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	47 min
Jul 13, 5:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	44 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.