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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS North Platte, NE

June 9, 2005Cherry County, Hooker County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2005, 12:15 PM MDT for Cherry County, Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 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 9, 2005, 12:15 PM MDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2005, 1:00 PM MDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cherry County, NE, Hooker County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 15 minutes after it went out.

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 nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 122 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 091815
SVRLBF
NEC031-091-091900-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0209.050609T1815Z-050609T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1215 PM MDT THU JUN 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 100 PM MDT

* AT 1211 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
  GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
  GRANT COUNTY...OR ABOUT 22 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHERN CHERRY COUNTY THROUGH 1230 PM MDT
  RURAL NORTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTY THROUGH 1230 PM MDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4224 10143 4188 10141 4188 10105 4227 10104

$$

JWS

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 091837
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
136 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

NEC031-091-091900-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0209.000000T0000Z-050609T1900Z/
HOOKER NE-CHERRY NE-
1236 PM MDT THU JUN 9 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHERRY AND NORTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTIES...

AT 1230 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTY THROUGH 100 PM MDT
  RURAL SOUTHERN CHERRY COUNTY THROUGH 100 PM MDT

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.

HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED 20 MILES WEST 
OF MULLEN BY LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH 
OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4224 10143 4188 10141 4188 10105 4227 10104

$$

JWS

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 9, 2:09 AM MDT, 10 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:09 AM MDT, 10 hours 6 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
309 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

.DISCUSSION...
EASTERLY FLOW HAS BEGUN ACROSS THE CWA...WITH S NEB PROFILERS
SHOWING SSE WINDS AT H85...WHICH WILL ADVECT ADDITIONAL MOISTURE. IN
ADDITION...TSRA DEVELOPING OVER THE CWA WITH STRONG WAA AND
MOISTURE ADVECTION BETWEEN H85-H7...AIDED BY DIVERGENCE AT H25. THIS
ADVECTION SCENARIO NAM ADVERTISES AS CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE DAY...
RESULTING IN SCATTERED TSRA THROUGHOUT THE CWA. CHALLENGING FORECAST
FOR SEVERE LATER IN THE DAY. STRONG FROGEN AT THE SFC/BL WILL TAKE
PLACE NEAR THE NEB/KS BORDER. JUST HOW FAR NW THIS BOUNDARY MAKES
IT WILL DETERMINE SUPERCELL THREAT TO THE CWA. WITH SHEAR AROUND
55KT...AMOUNT OF CAPE WILL BE IMPORTANT. WILL TD/S REACH MID 60S
AND HOW HIGH WILL MAXES RISE...CURRENTLY SOME MID 60S TD/S IN E NEB.
CONSERVATIVE ADJUSTMENTS LIFTING PARCEL FROM MEAN TEMP LAYER STILL
YIELD OVER 3000J/KG CAPE WITH A BRN OF AROUND 30 AT KLBF. 0-3KM AGL
HELICITY FROM INCOMING 06Z NAM...SIMILAR TO 00Z NAM...CLOSE TO 200...
WITH 0-3KM EHI NEAR 4. THIS BRINGS SOME CONFIDENCE TO TORNADO
POTENTIAL ESPECIALLY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. AFTERWARDS...MCS
DEVELOPS AND TRACKS EAST...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN SE ZONES...WHERE 06Z FFG COMES IN AT
1.6/3HR. FOR FRI...STRONG H5 WAVE COMES THROUGH LATE DAY/OVERNIGHT...
BRINGING ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SEVERE WX. CHANCES FOR TSRA CONTINUE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND UNTIL H5 TROUGH AXIS CLEARS THE CWA LATE SUN...
SO WILL KEEP SECOND HALF OF MON THROUGH TUES DRY...IN FACT...00Z GFS
LOOKS TO BE INTRODUCING A PATTERN CHANGE WITH RIDGING OVER W TX/NM...
WHICH COULD SPELL MUCH WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS. GUIDANCE POPS
BELOW CLIMO...AND WILL KEEP REST OF EXTENDED DRY...ALTHOUGH ANY S/W
RIDING OVER THE RIDGE WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SOME TSRA.

&&

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

JMC

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 10:24 AM MDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1124 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-092223-
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
1124 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A VOLATILE WEATHER SITUATION IS BREWING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN
AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AREAS TO THE
SOUTH AND WEST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...ARE DESTABILIZING QUICKLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY OVER NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ALOFT...WILL
CARRY ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DO DEVELOP...INTO SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING. ENOUGH SHEAR AND LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE EXISTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
CHAPPELL...TO TRYON...TO WESTERVILLE. NORTH OF THIS LINE...TO A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ANTIOCH...TO ONEILL...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS. LARGE HAIL IS THE MAIN THREAT IN BOTH THE
SLIGHT AND MODERATE RISK AREAS...WHILE AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE
RULED OUT IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA.

AFTER SUNSET...THE THREAT EXISTS FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THUNDERSTORMS
ORGANIZE INTO A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX. THE BEST THREAT FOR HEAVY
RAIN EXISTS EAST OF A LINE FROM HAYES CENTER...TO SPENCER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

FRIDAY...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST OF
AN OGALLALA TO VALENTINE LINE. A STATIONARY BOUNDARY LYING ACROSS
SOUTHERN NEBRASKA COMBINED WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE OVER THE AREA WILL
SET THE STAGE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE ALONG
THE FRONT.

SATURDAY...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE
MAIN THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS AN UPPER
LEVEL LOW APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND EJECTS ENERGY ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA. IT IS POSSIBLE...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED ON
SUNDAY AS WELL ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM ANTIOCH...TO ONEILL...AND VERY LIKELY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
CHAPPELL...TO TRYON...TO WESTERVILLE.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AS WELL AS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

BUTTLER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 9:55 AM MDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1055 AM CDT THU JUN 09 2005

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

1054 AM     HAIL             WNW BERWYN              41.35N 99.50W
06/09/2005  1.00 INCH        CUSTER             NE   PUBLIC

&&

MBYRD

Local storm report, Jun 9, 9:57 AM MDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1057 AM CDT THU JUN 09 2005

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

1052 AM     HAIL             BROKEN BOW              41.41N 99.64W
06/09/2005  1.75 INCH        CUSTER             NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

MBYRD

Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:29 AM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1129 AM CDT THU JUN 09 2005

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

1120 AM     HAIL             6 SW SARGENT            41.58N 99.45W
06/09/2005  0.75 INCH        CUSTER             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MBYRD

Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:47 AM MDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1247 PM CDT THU JUN 09 2005

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

1240 PM     HAIL             S ASHBY                 42.03N 101.93W
06/09/2005  0.88 INCH        GRANT              NE   PUBLIC

            DIMES TO NICKELS.

&&

HANNON

Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:58 AM MDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1258 PM CDT THU JUN 09 2005

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

1212 PM     HAIL             23 SW HYANNIS           41.76N 102.08W
06/09/2005  0.75 INCH        GARDEN             NE   PUBLIC

&&

HANNON

Local storm report, Jun 9, 12:12 PM MDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
112 PM CDT THU JUN 09 2005

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

0105 PM     HAIL             5 S WHITMAN             41.97N 101.54W
06/09/2005  1.75 INCH        GRANT              NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MBYRD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 9:34 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	41 min
Jun 9, 10:14 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	61 min
Jun 9, 10:14 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Loup	27 min
Jun 9, 11:20 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Grant	40 min
Jun 9, 11:58 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Grant	37 min
Jun 9, 12:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	47 min
Jun 9, 1:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	41 min
Jun 9, 2:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	41 min
Jun 9, 2:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	31 min
Jun 9, 2:38 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Frontier	39 min
Jun 9, 2:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown	27 min
Jun 9, 3:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Keya Paha	25 min
Jun 9, 3:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine	30 min
Jun 9, 4:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine	28 min
Jun 9, 4:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	30 min
Jun 9, 4:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine	25 min
Jun 9, 5:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Loup	25 min
Jun 9, 5:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase	52 min
Jun 9, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine	30 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.