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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 254, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2023, 7:14 PM MDT for Chase County, Hayes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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 26, 2023, 7:14 PM MDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2023, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chase County, NE, Hayes County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 332 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 871 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -254 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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 26, 5:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 5:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service North Platte NE 320 PM CDT Wed Jul 26 2023 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-272030- 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- 320 PM CDT Wed Jul 26 2023 /220 PM MDT Wed Jul 26 2023/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central Nebraska. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will develop this evening across southwestern Nebraska. This activity is expected to spread north into the Sandhills and portions of central Nebraska into the evening hours. Some storms may be strong to severe with large hail, damaging winds and an isolated tornado can't be ruled out. The greatest potential for scattered severe storm development will be across portions of southwest Nebraska. A Heat Advisory is in effect for portions of north central Nebraska this evening, continuing into Thursday. Heat indices of 100 to 105 degrees are expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. The Heat Advisory continues for portions of southwest and north central Nebraska through late evening on Thursday. Heat indices of 100 to 105 degrees are expected. There is a Marginal Risk of severe thunderstorms Thursday and Friday across a large portion of western and north central Nebraska. Damaging wind and large hail are the primary threats for both days. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to send in any reports of hail and damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:45 PM MDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hayes | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 8:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hayes | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 12:48 AM MDT | Heat Advisory | LBF | Blaine, Boyd, Custer, Frontier, Garfield, Hayes and 6 more | 43 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 46 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.