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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS North Platte, NE

June 20, 1997Arthur County, McPherson County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1997, 6:16 PM MDT for Arthur County, McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 64 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 1997, 6:16 PM MDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1997, 7:20 PM MDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Arthur County, NE, McPherson County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 6:40 PM MDTHail 1.75Arthur, NE
Jun 20, 7:00 PM MDTHail 3.5Tryon, NE
Jun 20, 7:30 PM MDTHail 0.88Tryon, NEThunderstorm winds blew down large tree branches in Tryon.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 20, 2:30 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 81 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1997-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3148 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1997-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
3148 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 210016 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC005-117-210120-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
716 PM CDT (616 PM MDT) FRI JUN 20 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE NE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 720 PM MDT (820 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

   ...EASTERN ARTHUR COUNTY
   ...WESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY
 
AT 614 PM MDT (714 PM CDT)...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY
NORTH PLATTE DOPPLER RADAR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN OR 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BUCKTAIL MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

DAMAGING HAIL AND/OR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR...
  FLATS                        BY 725 PM CDT
  TRYON                        BY 755 PM CDT

 A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE TORNADOES.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM YOU SHOULD MOVE INTO A STRONG
BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

BOWMAN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 20, 1:19 PM MDT, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 1:19 PM MDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
215 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

...THE IF, WHEN, AND WHERE FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT IS AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON'S CHALLENGE...

HAVE FOCUSED ON THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM OF THUNDERSTORMS WHILE CHOOSING TO
FLOCK-SHOOT THE OUT PERIODS USING THIS MORNING'S ETA.

THE KEY TO TONIGHT'S FORECAST SEEMS TO BE THE POSITION OF THE SURFACE
FRONT AND OTHER LOW-LEVEL BOUNDARIES ON THE 19Z SFC CHART THE FRONT
APPEARS TO BE NORTH OF BBW, OGA, AND LBF. THE 700 AND 850 MB THETA-E
ANALYSIS FROM 12Z BIG AREA OF 330 PLUS NEBRASKA AND KANSAS WITH 340
PLUS IN EASTERN KANSAS. ISENTROPIC ANALYSIS ON 305K SURFACE BETRAYS A
STEEP SLOPE JUST BEHIND SURFACE FRONT WITH WARM SECTOR MIXING RATIOS OF
12 TO 15 G/KG IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND 16-17 G/KG IN
EASTERN KANSAS. THIS LOOKS TO BE AN EXTREMELY VOLATILE COMBINATION. A
COORDINATION CALL TO SPC SUGGESTED A DRIFT OF ALL THOSE PARAMETERS TO
THE NORTH AND WEST INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA. THUS...THE
MODERATE SEVERE RISK IN THAT AREA. TAKING IT ALL IN...SPC OUTLOOK AREA
LOOKS LIKE THE BEST SOLUTION FOR THIS EVENING.

SUGGEST BREAKING CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA ZONES APPROXIMATELY ALONG
AN ANW-LBF LINE. AS YESTERDAY...WOULD HIT THE THUNDERSTORM FORECAST
HARD EAST OF THAT LINE. IN VIEW OF THE SLIGHT RISK AREA...65 DEGREE
DEWPOINTS AND FRONTAL FORCING...SIGNIFICANT POPS (SAY 40 OR 50 PERCENT)
ARE PROBABLY IN ORDER FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND PANHANDLE ZONES.

CURRENT TEMPERATURE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD FOR THE FIRST TWO PERIODS.

AS STATED ABOVE...HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO COME UP WITH ANY REASONS NOT TO
GO WITH ETA SOLUTION FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AND AVN/MRF
SOLUTION FOR SUNDAY. NONE OF THE BIG THREE MODELS HAVE SIGNIFICANT
CHANGE IN OVERALL 500 MB WIND AND VORTICITY FIELD...EXCEPT FOR
INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY COMPONENT TO FLOW OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. THIS
DOES NOT PROMISE MORE THAN BRIEF BREAKS IN THE CURRENT REGIME OF LOW
LEVEL HEAT AND HUMIDITY AND SHORT WAVES PASSING OVER THE DAKOTAS.ETA
AND AVN/MRF ARE SIMILAR WITH LOW LEVEL PROGS...SO TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE
FROM THEM IS PROBABLY PRETTY GOOD.

RECOMMENDED FORECAST

NEZ004-005-023>025-210915-
SHERIDAN-CHERRY-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF VALENTINE...MULLEN
400 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

.TONIGHT...A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IS POSSIBLE.  LOW AROUND 60.  LIGHT NORTHEAST WIND.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND A LITTLE COOLER.  HIGH AROUND 80.
NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY.  LOW AROUND 60.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY.  HIGH 85 TO 90.

NEZ006>010-026>029-038-210915-
KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF AINSWORTH...O NEILL...BURWELL...BROKEN
BOW
400 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

.TONIGHT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SEVERE THUNDEERSTORMS POSSIBLE.
LOW AROUND 60.  LIGHT NORTHEAST WIND.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND A LITTLE COOLER.  HIGH AROUND 80.
NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY.  LOW AROUND 60.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY.  HIGH IN THE MID 80S.

NEZ022-035>037-056>059-069>071-210915-
GARDEN-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-
FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OGALLALA...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...
400 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

.TONIGHT...A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A SEVERE STORM IS
POSSIBLE.  LOW AROUND 60. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND A LITTLE COOLER.  LOW 80 TO 85. NORTHEAST
WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY.  LOW 55 TO 60.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY.  HIGH NEAR 90.

VTN BB 059/082 058/087 49500
ANW BB 060h/081 059/086 49600
ONL BB 061/080 060/084 49600
BBW BB 060/081 060/086 49600
LBF BB 059/082 058/088 49400
OGA BB 060/083 059/088 49400
IML BB 061/084 060/089 49400

SPRINGER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 12:52 PM MDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NORTH PLATTE NE
152 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1100 PM    4 NE WELLFLEET            NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/20/97   LINCOLN

END
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:15 PM MDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
215 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

...THE IF, WHEN, AND WHERE FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT IS AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOONS CHALLENGE...

HAVE FOCUSED ON THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM OF THUNDERSTORMS WHILE CHOOSING TO
FLOCK-SHOOT THE OUT PERIODS USING THIS MORNINGS ETA.

THE KEY TO TONIGHTS FORECAST SEEMS TO BE THE POSITION OF THE SURFACE
FRONT AND OTHER LOW-LEVEL BOUNDARIES ON THE 19Z SFC CHART THE FRONT
APPEARS TO BE NORTH OF BBW, OGA, AND LBF. THE 700 AND 850 MB THETA-E
ANALYSIS FROM 12Z BIG AREA OF 330 PLUS NEBRASKA AND KANSAS WITH 340
PLUS IN EASTERN KANSAS. ISENTROPIC ANALYSIS ON 305K SURFACE BETRAYS A
STEEP SLOPE JUST BEHIND SURFACE FRONT WITH WARM SECTOR MIXING RATIOS OF
12 TO 15 G/KG IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND 16-17 G/KG IN
EASTERN KANSAS. THIS LOOKS TO BE AN EXTREMELY VOLATILE COMBINATION. A
COORDINATION CALL TO SPC SUGGESTED A DRIFT OF ALL THOSE PARAMETERS TO
THE NORTH AND WEST INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA. THUS...THE
MODERATE SEVERE RISK IN THAT AREA. TAKING IT ALL IN...SPC OUTLOOK AREA
LOOKS LIKE THE BEST SOLUTION FOR THIS EVENING.

SUGGEST BREAKING CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA ZONES APPROXIMATELY ALONG
AN ANW-LBF LINE. AS YESTERDAY...WOULD HIT THE THUNDERSTORM FORECAST
HARD EAST OF THAT LINE. IN VIEW OF THE SLIGHT RISK AREA...65 DEGREE
DEWPOINTS AND FRONTAL FORCING...SIGNIFICANT POPS (SAY 40 OR 50 PERCENT)
ARE PROBABLY IN ORDER FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND PANHANDLE ZONES.

CURRENT TEMPERATURE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD FOR THE FIRST TWO PERIODS.

AS STATED ABOVE...HAVENT HAD TIME TO COME UP WITH ANY REASONS NOT TO
GO WITH ETA SOLUTION FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AND AVN/MRF
SOLUTION FOR SUNDAY. NONE OF THE BIG THREE MODELS HAVE SIGNIFICANT
CHANGE IN OVERALL 500 MB WIND AND VORTICITY FIELD...EXCEPT FOR
INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY COMPONENT TO FLOW OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. THIS
DOES NOT PROMISE MORE THAN BRIEF BREAKS IN THE CURRENT REGIME OF LOW
LEVEL HEAT AND HUMIDITY AND SHORT WAVES PASSING OVER THE DAKOTAS.ETA
AND AVN/MRF ARE SIMILAR WITH LOW LEVEL PROGS...SO TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE
FROM THEM IS PROBABLY PRETTY GOOD.

RECOMMENDED FORECAST

NEZ004-005-023>025-210915-
SHERIDAN-CHERRY-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF VALENTINE...MULLEN
400 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

.TONIGHT...A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IS POSSIBLE.  LOW AROUND 60.  LIGHT NORTHEAST WIND.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND A LITTLE COOLER.  HIGH AROUND 80.
NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY.  LOW AROUND 60.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY.  HIGH 85 TO 90.

NEZ006>010-026>029-038-210915-
KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF AINSWORTH...O NEILL...BURWELL...BROKEN
BOW
400 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

.TONIGHT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SEVERE THUNDEERSTORMS POSSIBLE.
LOW AROUND 60.  LIGHT NORTHEAST WIND.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND A LITTLE COOLER.  HIGH AROUND 80.
NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY.  LOW AROUND 60.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY.  HIGH IN THE MID 80S.

NEZ022-035>037-056>059-069>071-210915-
GARDEN-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-
FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OGALLALA...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...
400 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

.TONIGHT...A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A SEVERE STORM IS
POSSIBLE.  LOW AROUND 60. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND A LITTLE COOLER.  LOW 80 TO 85. NORTHEAST
WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY.  LOW 55 TO 60.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY.  HIGH NEAR 90.

VTN BB 059/082 058/087 49500
ANW BB 060/081 059/086 49600
ONL BB 061/080 060/084 49600
BBW BB 060/081 060/086 49600
LBF BB 059/082 058/088 49400
OGA BB 060/083 059/088 49400
IML BB 061/084 060/089 49400

SPRINGER
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:17 PM MDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
215 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

...THE IF, WHEN, AND WHERE FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT IS AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON'S CHALLENGE...

HAVE FOCUSED ON THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM OF THUNDERSTORMS WHILE CHOOSING TO
FLOCK-SHOOT THE OUT PERIODS USING THIS MORNING'S ETA.

THE KEY TO TONIGHT'S FORECAST SEEMS TO BE THE POSITION OF THE SURFACE
FRONT AND OTHER LOW-LEVEL BOUNDARIES ON THE 19Z SFC CHART THE FRONT
APPEARS TO BE NORTH OF BBW, OGA, AND LBF. THE 700 AND 850 MB THETA-E
ANALYSIS FROM 12Z BIG AREA OF 330 PLUS NEBRASKA AND KANSAS WITH 340
PLUS IN EASTERN KANSAS. ISENTROPIC ANALYSIS ON 305K SURFACE BETRAYS A
STEEP SLOPE JUST BEHIND SURFACE FRONT WITH WARM SECTOR MIXING RATIOS OF
12 TO 15 G/KG IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND 16-17 G/KG IN
EASTERN KANSAS. THIS LOOKS TO BE AN EXTREMELY VOLATILE COMBINATION. A
COORDINATION CALL TO SPC SUGGESTED A DRIFT OF ALL THOSE PARAMETERS TO
THE NORTH AND WEST INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA. THUS...THE
MODERATE SEVERE RISK IN THAT AREA. TAKING IT ALL IN...SPC OUTLOOK AREA
LOOKS LIKE THE BEST SOLUTION FOR THIS EVENING.

SUGGEST BREAKING CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA ZONES APPROXIMATELY ALONG
AN ANW-LBF LINE. AS YESTERDAY...WOULD HIT THE THUNDERSTORM FORECAST
HARD EAST OF THAT LINE. IN VIEW OF THE SLIGHT RISK AREA...65 DEGREE
DEWPOINTS AND FRONTAL FORCING...SIGNIFICANT POPS (SAY 40 OR 50 PERCENT)
ARE PROBABLY IN ORDER FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND PANHANDLE ZONES.

CURRENT TEMPERATURE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD FOR THE FIRST TWO PERIODS.

AS STATED ABOVE...HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO COME UP WITH ANY REASONS NOT TO
GO WITH ETA SOLUTION FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AND AVN/MRF
SOLUTION FOR SUNDAY. NONE OF THE BIG THREE MODELS HAVE SIGNIFICANT
CHANGE IN OVERALL 500 MB WIND AND VORTICITY FIELD...EXCEPT FOR
INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY COMPONENT TO FLOW OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. THIS
DOES NOT PROMISE MORE THAN BRIEF BREAKS IN THE CURRENT REGIME OF LOW
LEVEL HEAT AND HUMIDITY AND SHORT WAVES PASSING OVER THE DAKOTAS.ETA
AND AVN/MRF ARE SIMILAR WITH LOW LEVEL PROGS...SO TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE
FROM THEM IS PROBABLY PRETTY GOOD.

RECOMMENDED FORECAST

NEZ004-005-023>025-210915-
SHERIDAN-CHERRY-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF VALENTINE...MULLEN
400 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

.TONIGHT...A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IS POSSIBLE.  LOW AROUND 60.  LIGHT NORTHEAST WIND.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND A LITTLE COOLER.  HIGH AROUND 80.
NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY.  LOW AROUND 60.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY.  HIGH 85 TO 90.

NEZ006>010-026>029-038-210915-
KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF AINSWORTH...O NEILL...BURWELL...BROKEN
BOW
400 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

.TONIGHT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SEVERE THUNDEERSTORMS POSSIBLE.
LOW AROUND 60.  LIGHT NORTHEAST WIND.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND A LITTLE COOLER.  HIGH AROUND 80.
NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY.  LOW AROUND 60.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY.  HIGH IN THE MID 80S.

NEZ022-035>037-056>059-069>071-210915-
GARDEN-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-
FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OGALLALA...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...
400 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

.TONIGHT...A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A SEVERE STORM IS
POSSIBLE.  LOW AROUND 60. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND A LITTLE COOLER.  LOW 80 TO 85. NORTHEAST
WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY.  LOW 55 TO 60.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY.  HIGH NEAR 90.

VTN BB 059/082 058/087 49500
ANW BB 060f/081 059/086 49600
ONL BB 061/080 060/084 49600
BBW BB 060/081 060/086 49600
LBF BB 059/082 058/088 49400
OGA BB 060/083 059/088 49400
IML BB 061/084 060/089 49400

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 6:25 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry35 min
Jun 20, 7:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker, McPherson, Thomas45 min
Jun 20, 7:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln62 min
Jun 20, 7:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan65 min
Jun 20, 8:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Thomas65 min
Jun 20, 8:08 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFLogan32 min
Jun 20, 8:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster61 min
Jun 20, 8:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln64 min
Jun 20, 9:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins63 min
Jun 20, 9:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln62 min
Jun 20, 10:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes65 min
Jun 20, 10:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier62 min
Jun 21, 9:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Rock65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.