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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 359, NWS North Platte, NE

October 3, 2023Custer County, Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 3, 2023, 3:13 PM CDT for Custer County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 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
Oct 3, 2023, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 2023, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Custer County, NE, Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 3, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 2023-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 2023-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden, Sheridan43 min
Oct 2, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan30 min
Oct 2, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBFSheridan20 min
Oct 2, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan47 min
Oct 2, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden, Sheridan40 min
Oct 2, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan30 min
Oct 2, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan29 min
Oct 2, 8:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry23 min
Oct 2, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan62 min
Oct 2, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan30 min
Oct 2, 9:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan37 min
Oct 3, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFDawson48 min
Oct 3, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier42 min
Oct 3, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier38 min
Oct 3, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarfield38 min
Oct 3, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster52 min
Oct 3, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHolt43 min
Oct 3, 5:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFValley53 min
Oct 3, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFWheeler31 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.