Close…but No Cigar/Held Off SVR Across N NE Based on MRMS/GOESR

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Held off issuing a severe thunderstorm warning for a developing storm over northern Nebraska due to MESH staying around 0.75 inch and maximum reflectivity of only 55 dBZ at the -20C level.

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In addition, the GOESR UAH Convection Initiation Products depicted a few pixels of 10-40% in the hour prior to this storm developing, perhaps suggesting that the environment may not be conductive for explosive storm development.

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