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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2024, 11:37 AM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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 3, 2024, 11:37 AM MDT (17:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2024, 12:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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 3, 11:31 AM MDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 11:31 AM MDT, 6 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 9:48 AM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service North Platte NE 1048 AM CDT Wed Jul 3 2024 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-041600- 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- 1048 AM CDT Wed Jul 3 2024 /948 AM MDT Wed Jul 3 2024/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central Nebraska. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms will be possible across western Nebraska in the early afternoon hours. Thunderstorms will advance eastward through the afternoon and evening and increase in coverage. Scattered to widespread severe thunderstorms are likely by mid afternoon and evening across the area. Damaging winds, large hail 2 inches or greater in diameter, and a few tornadoes are all possible, along with heavy rainfall that could lead to localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Beyond Wednesday night, there are additional chances for a few thunderstorms at times, though the severe threat appears low at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 11:27 AM MDT, 10 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service North Platte NE 1227 PM CDT Wed Jul 3 2024 NEZ094-031800- Western Cherry NE- 1227 PM CDT Wed Jul 3 2024 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY THROUGH 100 PM CDT... At 1226 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13 miles southwest of Medicine Lake, or 32 miles southeast of Gordon, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...Nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Medicine Lake, Indian Hill, Schoolhouse Lake, Highway 61 crossing the Snake River, and Steer Creek Campground. This includes Highway 61 between mile markers 195 and 206. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. && LAT...LON 4249 10173 4266 10174 4282 10115 4249 10107 TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 267DEG 11KT 4260 10164 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 11:27 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 12:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 12:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 12:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Sheridan | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 1:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 1:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 1:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Sheridan | 51 min |
| Jul 3, 1:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 1:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 2:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Hooker | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 2:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 2:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 2:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Grant | 51 min |
| Jul 3, 2:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Hooker, Thomas | 42 min |
| Jul 3, 2:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden, Grant, Hooker | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 2:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 3:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 3:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Thomas | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 3:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keith | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 4:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Blaine, Brown | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 53 min |
| Jul 3, 4:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Rock | 51 min |
| Jul 3, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 4:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Keith | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Perkins | 7 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Perkins | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 5:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 5:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Perkins | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 36 min |
| Jul 3, 5:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 38 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.