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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS North Platte, NE

July 26, 2023Blaine County, Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2023, 6:21 PM CDT for Blaine County, Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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: Jul 26, 2023, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Blaine County, NE, Custer County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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: 781 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -283 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2269 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

328 
WUUS53 KLBF 262321
SVRLBF
NEC009-041-270000-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0252.230726T2321Z-230727T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
621 PM CDT Wed Jul 26 2023

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Custer County in central Nebraska...
  Southeastern Blaine County in north central Nebraska...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 620 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest
  of Anselmo, or 14 miles south of Brewster, moving east at 5 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...
  Milburn, Milburn Diversion Dam State Wildlife Management Area and
  Linscott.

This includes Highway 2 between mile markers 247 and 257.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4166 9963 4162 9995 4177 10003 4192 9976
      4176 9968 4174 9968 4174 9967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 248DEG 6KT 4174 9994 

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

$$

CDC

2 follow-up statements

858 
WWUS53 KLBF 262338
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
638 PM CDT Wed Jul 26 2023

NEC009-041-270000-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-230727T0000Z/
Custer NE-Blaine NE-
638 PM CDT Wed Jul 26 2023

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CUSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE COUNTIES...

At 638 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Anselmo, or 15
miles south of Brewster, moving east at 5 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...
Milburn and Milburn Diversion Dam State Wildlife Management Area. 

This includes Highway 2 near mile marker 256.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4166 9963 4163 9990 4182 9994 4192 9976
      4176 9968 4174 9968 4174 9967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 273DEG 6KT 4171 9989 

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

$$

CDC

617 
WWUS53 KLBF 262352
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
652 PM CDT Wed Jul 26 2023

NEC009-270001-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-230727T0000Z/
Blaine NE-
652 PM CDT Wed Jul 26 2023

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4166 9963 4163 9990 4174 9992 4174 9967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 283DEG 11KT 4170 9979 

$$

NEC041-270000-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-230727T0000Z/
Custer NE-
652 PM CDT Wed Jul 26 2023

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY...

At 651 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Victoria
Springs State Recreation Area, or 16 miles south of Brewster, moving
east at 15 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...
Milburn.

This includes Highway 2 near mile marker 256.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4166 9963 4163 9990 4174 9992 4174 9967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 283DEG 11KT 4170 9979 

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

$$

CDC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown	30 min
Jul 25, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown	38 min
Jul 25, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Loup	51 min
Jul 25, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Loup, Rock	43 min
Jul 25, 9:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Loup, Rock	41 min
Jul 25, 9:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Garfield, Loup	38 min
Jul 25, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Loup	12 min
Jul 26, 2:11 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	LBF	Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Custer, Frontier and 9 more	31 hr
Jul 26, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Lincoln	34 min
Jul 26, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Dawson	45 min
Jul 26, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	31 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.