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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS North Platte, NE

June 22, 2024Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2024, 3:45 AM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 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: Jun 22, 2024, 3:45 AM CDT (08:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2024, 4:30 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Custer County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 79 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: 607 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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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 Jun 22, 12:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 12:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 10:21 AM CDT, 17 hours 24 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1021 AM CDT Fri Jun 21 2024

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-221530-
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-
1021 AM CDT Fri Jun 21 2024 /921 AM MDT Fri Jun 21 2024/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north
central Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Thunderstorms will develop across the Sandhills this afternoon and
overspread much of the area through the evening hours. Some storms
may be severe, with large hail and damaging winds being the main
threats. However, a tornado is also possible, mainly north of I-80.
In addition, storms will produce heavy rain, which may lead to flash
flooding for parts of north central Nebraska.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Temperatures may approach 100 degrees over southwestern Nebraska
early next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Please report hail, strong winds, flooding, and other severe weather
to NWS North Platte.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 11:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:33 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 3:13 AM CDT, 32 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
Jun 21, 7:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Holt	6 hr
Jun 21, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	42 min
Jun 21, 7:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	12 hr
Jun 21, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hayes	40 min
Jun 21, 8:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	34 min
Jun 21, 10:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LBF	Holt	3 days
Jun 21, 11:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	32 min
Jun 22, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	51 min
Jun 22, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	57 min
Jun 22, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Garden, Keith	42 min
Jun 22, 3:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln	41 min
Jun 22, 4:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	39 min
Jun 22, 9:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha	24 hr

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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.