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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS North Platte, NE

June 6, 2005Frontier County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2005, 9:33 PM CDT for Frontier County, Nebraska. It was in force for 49 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: Jun 6, 2005, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2005, 10:22 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Frontier County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 6, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 75 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3224 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1939 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 13.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 070233
SVRLBF
NEC063-070330-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0192.050607T0233Z-050607T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
933 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 931 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EUSTIS...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
  WEST OF ELWOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EUSTIS BY 955 PM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4045 10026 4068 10044 4069 10015 4069 9999
      4051 9999 4046 10001 4045 10011

$$

MASEK

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 070242
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
942 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

NEC063-070330-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-050607T0330Z/
FRONTIER NE-
942 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY...

AT 937 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EUSTIS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF
ELWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EUSTIS BY 955 PM CDT

IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4045 10026 4068 10044 4069 10015 4069 9999
      4051 9999 4046 10001 4045 10011

$$

MASEK

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 070256
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
954 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

NEC063-070330-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-050607T0330Z/
FRONTIER NE-
954 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY...

AT 952 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR EUSTIS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF ELWOOD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EUSTIS THROUGH 1010 PM CDT

IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE.

10 MINUTES OF HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED 6 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF EUSTIS WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE 
STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4045 10026 4068 10044 4069 10015 4069 9999
      4051 9999 4046 10001 4045 10011

$$

MASEK

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 070322
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1021 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

NEC063-070331-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-050607T0330Z/
FRONTIER NE-
1021 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED FRONTIER 
COUNTY. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4045 10026 4068 10044 4069 10015 4069 9999
      4051 9999 4046 10001 4045 10011

$$

MASEK

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 6, 3:15 AM CDT, 18 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 3:15 AM CDT, 18 hours 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
315 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

.DISCUSSION...
U/A PLOTS SHOWING ONE UPPER LOW OVER WESTERN GREAT LAKES WITH
ANOTHER LOW SPINNING OFF PAC NW COAST AND ASSOC TROF EXTENDING INTO
BAJA...IN BETWEEN...RIDGE RUNNING ALONG THE DIVIDE. RIDGE MOVES OVHD
TODAY DRAGGING IN WARM AIR OUT OF DESERT SW WITH TEMPS TOPPING OUT
IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S TODAY. COMBINATION OF STANDING WATER
AND STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BOOST LLVL MOISTURE SIGNIFICANTLY
THROUGH THE LATE MORN/AFT. TEMPS IN S.KS INCREASING LAST FEW HOURS
AND PROFILERS SHOWING JET PUSHING THIS NORTHWARD. MUCAPE READING BY
LATE AFTERNOON COULD REACH UP TO 4000 IN EASTERN CWA ACCORDING TO
BUFKIT SNDGS WITH LITTLE CIN INPLACE. MID LEVEL TEMPS WILL BE
INCREASING AND WITH LACK OF SFC FOCUS WILL LEAVE POPS IN LOW
CATEGORY FOR NOW BUT DAY SHIFT MAY RE-EVALUTATE WITH VIS SAT DATA.
WILL BE WEAK DRYLINE IN WESTERN CWA AND WILL PUT IN ISO POPS TO
COVER WITH WEAKER MID LEVEL WAVE MOVING OUT OF CO. STRONG LVL JET
AGAIN TONIGHT AS HGHT LOWER AHEAD OF WESTERN TROF BUT NOSE IS
POINTED INTO SD WHERE SFC LOW AND WARM FRONT WITH LEAD TO BETTER
ELEVATED CHANCES. TUESDAY COULD BE INTERESTING WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW
CONTINUING TO KEEP MOISTURE ADVECTION INTO REGION. FRONT PUSHES
SOUTH INTO AT LEAST NW THIRD OF CWA...STALLS THEN PUSHES NORTH AGAIN
AS ANOTHER SFC LOW PUSHES OUT OF NE COLORADO. NORTHERN/EASTERN CWA
WILL BE UNDER GUN WITH WHERE MUCAPES RUNNING IN THE 4-5K RANGE.
TRIPLE POINT LOOKS TO REMAIN IN SD WHERE STRONGER SHEAR ALSO EXISTS.
IN SW CWA WARMER MID LEVEL MOVES IN BEHIND UPPER WAVE SO POPS
TAPERED SOUTHWARD. WESTERN TROF PUSHES ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES/HIGH
PLAINS WED SENDING STRONGER FRONT SOUTHWARD AND COOLING TEMPS DOWN.
HOWEVER CONVECTION COULD REMAIN HOT ALONG AND NORTH OF FRONT
OVERNIGHT WITH POPS RETAINED. SHOULD REMAIN ACTIVE REMAINDER OF WEEK
WITH SW FLOW IN PLACE EJECTING ENERGY ONTO PLAINS. FATE OF FRONT
UNCERTAIN ATTM AND DAILY PLACEMENT MOST LIKELY WILL DEPEND ON AMOUNT
OF CONVECTION EACH DAY SO NOT BIG CHANGES TO POPS/TEMPS THROUGH
REMAINDER OF FCST NEEDED.

&&

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE

&&

13

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 3:31 PM CDT, 6 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
331 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-071100-
ARTHUR NE-BLAINE NE-BOYD NE-BROWN NE-CHASE NE-CUSTER NE-DEUEL NE-
EASTERN CHERRY NE-FRONTIER NE-GARDEN NE-GARFIELD NE-GRANT NE-
HAYES NE-HOLT NE-HOOKER NE-KEITH NE-KEYA PAHA NE-LINCOLN NE-LOGAN NE-
LOUP NE-MCPHERSON NE-PERKINS NE-ROCK NE-SHERIDAN NE-THOMAS NE-
WESTERN CHERRY NE-WHEELER NE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AINSWORTH...ARNOLD...ARTHUR...BASSETT...
BIG SPRINGS...BREWSTER...BROKEN BOW...BURWELL...CHAPPELL...CURTIS...
GORDON...GRANT...HAY SPRINGS...HAYES CENTER...IMPERIAL...MULLEN...
NORTH PLATTE...ONEILL...OGALLALA...OSHKOSH...RUSHVILLE...SPENCER...
SPRINGVIEW...STAPLETON...TAYLOR...THEDFORD...TRYON AND VALENTINE
331 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING.

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

VERY WARM...MUGGY AIR HAS FILTER INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...CREATING A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE ENTIRE
OUTLOOK AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE. WIND SHEAR IS FAVORABLE
FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ON TUESDAY...A SURFACE FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. ABUNDANT SURFACE MOISTURE AND AN APPROACHING
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CREATE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. THERE IS A
MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. THE
REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA IS IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER.
THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT IS FROM LARGE HAIL...HOWEVER TORNADOES WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SURFACE FRONT.

ON WEDNESDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY
EAST OF A LINE FROM OGALLALA TO AINSWORTH.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK
PERIOD. IT IS POSSIBLE SOME OF THESE MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE
LOCATION AND EXTENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THURSDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY...WILL BECOME BETTER DEFINED AS WE NEAR MIDWEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION
MAY ALSO BE NEEDED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

MASEK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:56 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
856 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0835 PM     HAIL             13 SSW STOCKVILLE       40.36N 100.48W
06/06/2005  1.75 INCH        FRONTIER           NE   PUBLIC

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:57 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
857 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0833 PM     HAIL             17 SW STOCKVILLE        40.36N 100.61W
06/06/2005  1.75 INCH        FRONTIER           NE   PUBLIC

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:58 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
858 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0852 PM     HAIL             12 W BROWNLEE           42.29N 100.86W
06/06/2005  1.25 INCH        CHERRY             NE   PUBLIC

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:00 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
900 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0847 PM     HAIL             15 W BROWNLEE           42.29N 100.92W
06/06/2005  0.88 INCH        CHERRY             NE   PUBLIC

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:06 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
906 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0735 PM     HAIL             15 W BROWNLEE           42.29N 100.92W
06/06/2005  1.00 INCH        CHERRY             NE   PUBLIC

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:08 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
908 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0908 PM     HAIL             1 N JOHNSTOWN           42.59N 100.06W
06/06/2005  0.75 INCH        BROWN              NE   PUBLIC

            60 MPH WIND GUST ALSO REPORTED WITH FLASHING TORN OFF
            HOUSE

&&

JSWEET

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Hooker	60 min
Jun 6, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan, Thomas	56 min
Jun 6, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Hooker	61 min
Jun 6, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	62 min
Jun 6, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Keya Paha	64 min
Jun 6, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	61 min
Jun 6, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keya Paha, Rock	45 min
Jun 6, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Keya Paha	64 min
Jun 6, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keya Paha, Rock	34 min
Jun 6, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	57 min
Jun 6, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	61 min
Jun 6, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	61 min
Jun 7, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Hooker	28 min
Jun 7, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	45 min
Jun 7, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown	54 min

Nearby

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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.