Close... but No Cigar... Held Off SVR Based on GOES-R CI/MRMS

051613 2138 UTC MRMS fields

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.

051613 2045 UTC GOES-R CI

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.