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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2024, 1:56 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 49 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 6, 2024, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2024, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Custer County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 336 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 6, 12:57 PM CDT, 59 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- Scattered severe storms are possible across wrn and ncntl Nebraska this afternoon. The hazards are large or very large hail and wind damage. Confidence for storm development is medium.
- The risk of severe weather Sunday through Friday is low.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 12:57 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service North Platte NE 1257 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Scattered severe storms are possible across wrn and ncntl Nebraska this afternoon. The hazards are large or very large hail and wind damage. Confidence for storm development is medium. - The risk of severe weather Sunday through Friday is low. && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... Issued at 343 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 An upper level low circulating across the nrn Plains this morning will move east into the Dakotas this afternoon. A surge of strong 30-50kt h500-300mb winds on the south side of the low will push into Nebraska and trigger a round of strong to severe storms by early to mid afternoon. The focus is a weak frontal boundary positioned across the cntl Sandhills and ncntl Nebraska. The best guess on timing of storm development according to the HREF and CAMs is 18z with storm activity moving east and southeast out of the area by 00z. Additional strong to severe storms are possible farther south during the afternoon, along and east of highway 83 where a cold front will be moving through. Local studies suggest the potential for significant hail as suggested by the SPC outlook. Cold air aloft, -13C at h500mb, strong deep layer shear near 50kts and steep lapse rates 7+ C/km at h850- 500mb support the potential for very large hail. The HRRR also shows 60+ mph gusts developing as the storm activity grows upscale across cntl Nebraska. The tornado threat remains low and the reason for this is weak winds below 700mb, generally less than 20kts. There will be a brief window of stronger low level winds at the onset of storm development. Otherwise, hodographs are fairly linear supporting storm splitting and upscale growth as the system moves eastward. The next rain chance develops Saturday night and Sunday with the approach of a second UA disturbance moving through srn British Columbia this morning. This rain chance is mainly diurnally driven favoring Sunday afternoon for the best chance. The atmosphere will be cool and moist, 2-5C at h700mb with h850-300mb RH 60-80 percent. This rain will also be post frontal and the risk of severe weather is low. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... Issued at 343 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 An upper level trof of cold air will be passing through Nebraska Monday. Cool moist air will remain across wrn/ncntl Nebraska as this happens and the NAM soundings would seem to support diurnally driven showers and thunderstorms but there is no upper level support shown in the model. The forecast is dry. The models show a second trof dropping through Nebraska Wednesday and the ECM suggests an isolated rain chance. NBM POPs are very spartan for this event and later forecasts may increase rain chances to slight or low-end chance. Once this trof moves east, heights will gradually rise in response to an upper level ridge across the wrn U.S. building east. Dry and warmer weather is likely across wrn/ncntl Nebraska Thursday through Saturday. The focus for rain appears to be farther north across the upper Midwest during this time. && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY/... Issued at 1256 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 Isolated thunderstorms will become more scattered and numerous throughout the afternoon. Some storms may become severe with large hail, strong and erratic winds, and an isolated tornado as the main threats. Main area of development will be across southwest and central Nebraska, impacting KLBF during the late afternoon hours. Thunderstorms will push off to the east by 00Z with overcast skies continuing through Sunday morning. Across the north (KVTN), thunderstorms should remain south of the terminal with just some brief lowering of clouds expected. Improvement in ceilings returns Sunday morning. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...CDC LONG TERM...CDC AVIATION...Kulik
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 10:56 AM CDT, 3 hours before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service North Platte NE 1056 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-071600- 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- 1056 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 /956 AM MDT Sat Jul 6 2024/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central Nebraska. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms will will continue to develop through early evening across much of western and north central Nebraska. The main concerns will be large hail up to 2 inches in diameter, damaging winds up to 65 mph, and locally heavy rainfall which may lead to localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Additional thunderstorms are possible through early Sunday evening across much of western and north central Nebraska. At this time, the threat for organized severe weather appears low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed.
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 6, 10:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 10:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Thomas | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 11:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Jul 6, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 12:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Logan | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Logan | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 12:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 52 min |
| Jul 6, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Logan | 16 min |
| Jul 6, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 1:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Custer | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 1:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Logan | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 1:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Frontier | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 13 min |
| Jul 6, 2:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Custer | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Grant | 44 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.