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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

July 13, 2023Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2023, 6:21 PM MDT for Cherry 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 13, 2023, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2023, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 55

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.

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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: 551 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 13, 5:23 PM MDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 5:23 PM MDT, 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 3:01 PM MDT, 3 hours 20 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

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 5:33 PM MDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 5:41 PM MDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:05 PM MDT, 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:21 PM MDT, 0 minutes 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 13, 6:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Grant	40 min
Jul 13, 6:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel, Garden, Keith, Perkins	45 min
Jul 13, 6:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hooker, McPherson	44 min
Jul 13, 6:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Thomas	32 min
Jul 13, 7:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln	40 min
Jul 13, 7:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine	38 min
Jul 13, 8:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Loup	30 min
Jul 13, 8:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	42 min
Jul 13, 8:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Loup	51 min
Jul 13, 11:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Deuel	50 min
Jul 14, 12:11 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	34 min
Jul 14, 12:21 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Deuel	39 min
Jul 14, 1:29 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	46 min
Jul 14, 1:45 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	45 min
Jul 14, 2:02 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	43 min
Jul 14, 2:30 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown	30 min
Jul 14, 2:46 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	44 min
Jul 14, 2:56 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	49 min
Jul 14, 3:38 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	37 min
Jul 14, 4:08 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Rock	37 min
Jul 14, 4:14 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	31 min
Jul 14, 4:45 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Rock	45 min
Jul 14, 5:23 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield, Wheeler	52 min
Jul 14, 5:53 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hooker	37 min
Jul 14, 6:04 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Grant, Hooker, McPherson	41 min
Jul 14, 6:34 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Arthur	41 min
Jul 14, 6:47 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	28 min
Jul 14, 7:02 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	28 min
Jul 14, 7:10 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan, McPherson	50 min
Jul 14, 7:17 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith, McPherson	43 min
Jul 14, 7:35 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln	40 min
Jul 14, 7:39 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln, Logan	51 min
Jul 14, 8:07 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	38 min
Jul 14, 8:11 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln	49 min
Jul 14, 8:32 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	43 min
Jul 14, 8:43 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	47 min
Jul 14, 8:59 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	46 min
Jul 14, 9:27 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	48 min
Jul 14, 2:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	39 min
Jul 14, 3:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	54 min
Jul 14, 4:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	45 min
Jul 14, 5:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Boyd	43 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.