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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

July 19, 2024Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2024, 6:21 AM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 54 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 19, 2024, 6:21 AM MDT (12:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2024, 7:15 AM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
40

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2024-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 200 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2024-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
200 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-288 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2264 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 19, 5:30 AM MDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 5:30 AM MDT, 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 4:14 AM MDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 1:48 AM MDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
148 AM MDT Fri Jul 19 2024

NEZ004-094-190830-
Sheridan NE-Western Cherry NE-
148 AM MDT Fri Jul 19 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CHERRY AND
NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES THROUGH 230 AM MDT...

At 147 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Wakpamni, or 15 miles north of Gordon, moving southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Hoover Lake, Irwin, Shell Lake State Wildlife Management Area, and
Bayonne.

This includes Highway 20 between mile markers 109 and 119, and
between mile markers 125 and 129.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in North Platte.

&&

LAT...LON 4300 10195 4290 10180 4272 10207 4299 10234
TIME...MOT...LOC 0747Z 317DEG 15KT 4303 10221

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:30 AM MDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
230 AM MDT Fri Jul 19 2024

NEZ004-094-190915-
Sheridan NE-Western Cherry NE-
230 AM MDT Fri Jul 19 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL CHERRY AND
NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES THROUGH 315 AM MDT...

At 230 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Gordon, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Irwin, Intersection of Highway 20 and Irwin Road, Shell Lake State
Wildlife Management Area, Rock Hill, and Bayonne.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 20 between mile markers 109 and 123.
 Highway 61 between mile markers 210 and 211.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in North Platte.

&&

LAT...LON 4286 10219 4295 10207 4272 10170 4253 10197
TIME...MOT...LOC 0830Z 317DEG 15KT 4284 10210

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:09 AM MDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:46 AM MDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:43 AM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:21 AM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 1:48 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan42 min
Jul 19, 2:30 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan45 min
Jul 19, 3:09 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan51 min
Jul 19, 3:46 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan59 min
Jul 19, 4:43 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry62 min
Jul 19, 6:56 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry64 min
Jul 19, 9:49 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarfield41 min
Jul 19, 10:10 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFMcPherson50 min
Jul 19, 11:12 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFWheeler48 min
Jul 19, 11:27 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLincoln48 min
Jul 19, 12:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarfield42 min
Jul 19, 1:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier44 min
Jul 19, 2:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier33 min
Jul 19, 3:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry43 min
Jul 19, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry47 min
Jul 19, 4:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry44 min
Jul 19, 4:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Grant, Hooker42 min
Jul 19, 5:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier44 min
Jul 19, 5:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden, Sheridan33 min
Jul 19, 5:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Grant, Hooker, McPherson51 min
Jul 19, 5:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier45 min
Jul 19, 5:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Hayes37 min
Jul 19, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Keith, McPherson47 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.