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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS North Platte, NE

July 14, 2023Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2023, 3:06 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 54 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 14, 2023, 3:06 PM MDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2023, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 12:00Z on 2023-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1423 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 12:00Z on 2023-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1423 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1385 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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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 14, 1:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 1:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 9:27 AM MDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 14, 9:28 AM MDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:51 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 6:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGrant40 min
Jul 13, 6:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel, Garden, Keith, Perkins45 min
Jul 13, 6:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry39 min
Jul 13, 6:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHooker, McPherson44 min
Jul 13, 6:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFThomas32 min
Jul 13, 7:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Hayes, Lincoln40 min
Jul 13, 7:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBlaine38 min
Jul 13, 8:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLoup30 min
Jul 13, 8:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier42 min
Jul 13, 8:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLoup51 min
Jul 13, 11:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFDeuel50 min
Jul 14, 12:11 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarden34 min
Jul 14, 12:21 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFDeuel39 min
Jul 14, 1:29 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry46 min
Jul 14, 1:45 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan45 min
Jul 14, 2:02 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan43 min
Jul 14, 2:30 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBrown30 min
Jul 14, 2:46 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan44 min
Jul 14, 2:56 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry49 min
Jul 14, 3:38 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan37 min
Jul 14, 4:08 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFRock37 min
Jul 14, 4:14 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan31 min
Jul 14, 4:45 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFRock45 min
Jul 14, 5:23 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarfield, Wheeler52 min
Jul 14, 5:53 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHooker37 min
Jul 14, 6:04 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Grant, Hooker, McPherson41 min
Jul 14, 6:34 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFArthur41 min
Jul 14, 6:47 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFMcPherson28 min
Jul 14, 7:02 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLogan28 min
Jul 14, 7:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan, McPherson50 min
Jul 14, 7:17 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeith, McPherson43 min
Jul 14, 7:35 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln40 min
Jul 14, 7:39 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, Logan51 min
Jul 14, 8:07 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln38 min
Jul 14, 8:11 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Lincoln49 min
Jul 14, 8:32 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln43 min
Jul 14, 8:43 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier47 min
Jul 14, 8:59 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier46 min
Jul 14, 9:27 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier48 min
Jul 14, 2:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan39 min
Jul 14, 4:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan45 min
Jul 14, 5:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBoyd43 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.