Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Jun 14, 1997, 8:35 PM MDT (02:35 UTC)

Expired

Jun 14, 1997, 9:05 PM MDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Whole counties

County Deuel County, NE

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KLBF 150237 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC049-150305-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
935 PM CDT (835 PM MDT) SAT JUN 14 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE NE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 905 PM MDT (1005 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE

   ...DEUEL COUNTY
 
AT 831 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NORTH PLATTE
DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS 28 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF SIDNEY
OR 18 MILES WEST OF BIG SPRINGS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

DAMAGING HAIL AND/OR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR...
  BIG SPRINGS                  BY 855 PM MDT



 A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE TORNADOES.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR
POSSIBLE.
QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF
CHAPPELL AT 830 PM MDT BY SHERIFFS DEPUTY.

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NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 14, 2:13 PM MDT, 6 hours 22 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
312 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997

FORECAST PROBLEM...POPS AND TEMPERATURES

18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTCENTRAL WYOMING WITH
DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 50S ACROSS FA. VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWING LOTS OF
CU OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING WAVE MOVING
INTO SOUTHERN WYOMING.

MODELS SHOW UPPER RIDGE SHIFTING EAST INTO THE MS VALLEY AS UPPER LOW
SHIFTS SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO BY END OF PERIOD. BEST
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY ALONG AND AHEAD OF SURFACE
TROUGH SHIFTING EAST ACROSS STATE. COLD FRONT FOLLOWS BEHIND COOLING
LOW TEMPERATURES SUNDAY NIGHT AND HIGHS ON MONDAY.

AHEAD OF TROUGH WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST 10-20 TONIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST
ON SUNDAY AT 15-25 SHIFTING TO THE WEST BEHIND THE TROUGH IN THE
PANHANDLE SUNDAY MORNING. WITH COLD FRONT THROUGH FA BY 00Z MONDAY
WINDS SHOULD BE NORTH 5-10 SUNDAY NIGHT. MONDAY...WINDS SHOULD
CONTINUE OUT OF THE NORTH AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN.

KLNX RADAR DOES NOT INDICATE ANY THUNDERSTORMS AT THIS TIME
BUT WOULD EXPECT DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING WITH STORMS FIRING
OVERTHE FRONT RANGE OF COLORADO. ETA GRIDDED DATA SHOWING
FORCING OVER FA FOR THIS EVENING WITH CAPE OF 1000-1500 J/KG AND
OVER THE PANHANDLE ALONG WITH LI OF -4.

LBF EB 060/081 053/077 423            ONL EB 062/082 050/080 242
IML EB 061/081 052/077 433            VTN BB 059/082 047/079 412
OGA EB 059/079 051/075 423

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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.