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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2024, 4:53 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2024, 4:53 PM MDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2024, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:00 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 9 Sse Merriman, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 2830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
554 WUUS53 KLBF 022253 SVRLBF NEC031-030000- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0252.240802T2253Z-240803T0000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service North Platte NE 553 PM CDT Fri Aug 2 2024 The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Cherry County in north central Nebraska... * Until 700 PM CDT. * At 553 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of Merriman, or 27 miles south of Martin, and is nearly stationary. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * Locations impacted include... Highway 61 Crossing The Niobrara River and Intersection of Highway 61 and Shadbolt Road. This includes Highway 61 between mile markers 203 and 223. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4278 10185 4290 10167 4277 10143 4259 10170 TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 317DEG 3KT 4278 10165 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$
4 follow-up statements
456 WWUS53 KLBF 022306 SVSLBF Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service North Platte NE 606 PM CDT Fri Aug 2 2024 NEC031-030000- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-240803T0000Z/ Cherry NE- 606 PM CDT Fri Aug 2 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY... At 605 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles south of Merriman, or 27 miles east of Gordon, and is nearly stationary. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Highway 61 Crossing The Niobrara River and Intersection of Highway 61 and Shadbolt Road. This includes Highway 61 between mile markers 203 and 223. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4278 10185 4290 10167 4277 10143 4259 10170 TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 332DEG 1KT 4276 10166 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$
760 WWUS53 KLBF 022317 SVSLBF Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service North Platte NE 617 PM CDT Fri Aug 2 2024 NEC031-030000- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-240803T0000Z/ Cherry NE- 617 PM CDT Fri Aug 2 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY... At 617 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of Merriman, or 24 miles east of Gordon, and is nearly stationary. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Highway 61 Crossing The Niobrara River and Intersection of Highway 61 and Shadbolt Road. This includes Highway 61 between mile markers 203 and 223. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4278 10185 4290 10167 4277 10143 4259 10170 TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 043DEG 2KT 4277 10172 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$
949 WWUS53 KLBF 022342 SVSLBF Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service North Platte NE 642 PM CDT Fri Aug 2 2024 NEC031-030000- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-240803T0000Z/ Cherry NE- 642 PM CDT Fri Aug 2 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY... At 642 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles south of Merriman, or 25 miles east of Gordon, and is nearly stationary. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Highway 61 Crossing The Niobrara River and Intersection of Highway 61 and Shadbolt Road. This includes Highway 61 between mile markers 203 and 223. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4278 10185 4290 10167 4277 10143 4259 10170 TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 317DEG 3KT 4275 10170 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$
327 WWUS53 KLBF 022352 SVSLBF Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service North Platte NE 652 PM CDT Fri Aug 2 2024 NEC031-030001- /O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-240803T0000Z/ Cherry NE- 652 PM CDT Fri Aug 2 2024 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT... The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, heavy rain is still possible with this thunderstorm. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service North Platte. LAT...LON 4278 10185 4290 10167 4277 10143 4259 10170 TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 317DEG 3KT 4274 10169 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 4:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 4:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 4:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 4:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 5:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.