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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS North Platte, NE

June 9, 2005Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2005, 1:34 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 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, 1:34 PM MDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2005, 2:15 PM MDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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 nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 091935
SVRLBF
NEC031-092015-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0211.050609T1934Z-050609T2015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT(215 PM MDT)

* AT 130 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 13 MILES WEST OF
  BROWNLEE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF MULLEN...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 97 AND 83
  THROUGH 300 PM CDT
  
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4215 10097 4214 10030 4268 10026 4266 10085

$$

JWS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 091956
SVSLBF

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

NEC031-092015-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0211.000000T0000Z-050609T2015Z/
CHERRY NE-
256 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CDT(215 PM
MDT) FOR EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 252 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROWNLEE...OR
ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MULLEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROWNLEE BY 245 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.

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

LAT...LON 4215 10097 4214 10030 4268 10026 4266 10085

$$

JWS

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 092015
SVSLBF

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

NEC031-092025-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0211.000000T0000Z-050609T2015Z/
CHERRY NE-
315 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 315 PM CDT(215 PM MDT)...

AT 315 PM CDT...NORTH PLATTE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM 
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

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.

LAT...LON 4215 10097 4214 10030 4268 10026 4266 10085

$$

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, 1:05 PM MDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 1:05 PM MDT, 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
205 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...FORECAST CHALLENGE IS PRECIPITATION CHANCES OVER THE NEXT 7
DAYS...

.DISCUSSION...
.NEAR TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...MAIN CONCERN OVER THE NEXT
84 HOURS IS PRECIPITATION AND POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE HIGH
PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN SWRLY FLOW ALOFT WITH A BROAD TROF
ACROSS THE WRN THIRD OF THE CONUS...THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES UNTIL SUNDAY. TURNING TO
TONIGHT...ALL THE INGREDIENTS ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR A FAIRLY
SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. KEY TO
PRECIP CHANCES IN THE FA...WILL BE THE INITIATION POINT SOUTHWEST OF
THE CWA. ATTM...STRATUS...IF IT CAN HOLD TOGETHER ACROSS NERN
CO...SHOULD FORCE THE CONVECTIVE INITIATION FURTHER EAST OVER NWRN
KS. THIS ACTIVITY...LIFTED NEWD...WOULD PAINT THE GREATEST THREAT
FOR SVR WX EAST OF A LINE FROM GRANT...TO STAPLETON...TO ONEILL.
ACTIVITY WILL START OUT SCATTERED AND CONGEAL INTO A DECENT MCS
OVERNIGHT. CORFIDI VECTORS CARRY THIS ACTIVITY ALONG A LINE FROM
HAYES CENTER...TO BARTLETT. WITH MODEL PWS WELL OVER 1.5 INCHES
TONIGHT...WILL HOIST A FLOOD WATCH FOR
HAYES...FRONTIER...CUSTER...GARFIELD...WHEELER...AND HOLT...AND BOYD
COUNTIES. SINCE IT APPEARS WE WILL CATCH THE EDGE OF THIS...WILL
ISSUE THIS TO 0400 CDT THIS MORNING. BY THIS TIME...WE SHOULD HAVE A
GOOD HANDLE ON WHERE THE MCS IS ONGOING. HAVE KEPT CHANCE POPS IN
THE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...RAMPING THEM UP TO LIKELY ON
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...AS THE UPPER LOW LIFTS ACROSS THE
DAKOTAS. THIS SYSTEM LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO LAST
SATURDAYS...AND...WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN PLACE...SHOULD SEE A
FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER ON SUNDAY.

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...BULK OF THE EXTENDED
DOMINATED BY DRY CONDS AND RIDGING ALOFT. LR GFS LAST NIGHT...AS
WELL AS THE 06Z RUN THIS AM INDICATING RIDGING IN RESPONSE TO AN
INTENSIFYING CLOSED LOW OFF THE PAC NW COAST. WITH MODEL POPS
RUNNING BELOW CLIMO...THINK BEST COURSE OF ACTION WILL CONTINUE TO
BE A DRY FCST AFTER MONDAY MORNING. WILL MODIFY TEMPS SOME ON
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A WEAK THERMAL RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD INTO
THE PANHANDLE AND THE WRN COUNTIES.

&&

.SYNOPSIS...
WEATHER PATTERN VERY BUSY ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTION HAS BEEN ONGOING ACROSS THE SANDHILLS AND
POINTS NORTH...ALONG AN INVERTED SURFACE TROF AND WARM FRONT. WITH
STRATUS IN PLACE...MAIN THREAT HAS BEEN LARGE HAIL...UP TO GOLF BALL
SIZE. AT THE SURFACE...FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND DRY LINE ORIENTED FROM
GLD SWD TO LIBERAL. STRATUS...PRESENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE FA THIS
AFTERNOON...AND EXTENDS INTO NERN COLORADO. TEMPERATURES AS OF 2 PM
CDT WERE GENERALLY IN THE 60S...WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S.

&&

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 09Z FRIDAY
MORNING (4 AM CDT) FOR
HAYES...FRONTIER...LINCOLN...CUSTER...GARFIELD...WHEELER...HOLT AND
BOYD COUNTIES.

&&

CLB

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 10:24 AM MDT, 3 hours 10 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, 11:58 AM MDT, 1 hour 36 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, 1 hour 22 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

Local storm report, Jun 9, 12:32 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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

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

0130 PM     HAIL             20 W MULLEN             42.04N 101.43W
06/09/2005  1.00 INCH        GRANT              NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

MBYRD

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:10 PM MDT, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
210 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

NEZ058-059-069>071-100400-
CHASE NE-FRONTIER NE-HAYES NE-LINCOLN NE-PERKINS NE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CURTIS...GRANT...HAYES CENTER...
IMPERIAL AND NORTH PLATTE
210 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 442
IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT (10 PM MDT) THURSDAY EVENING FRO THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

CHASE...FRONTIER...HAYES...LINCOLN AND PERKINS.

THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF IMPERIAL...CURTIS...HAYES
CENTER...NORTH PLATTE...AND GRANT.

BUTTLER

Local storm report, Jun 9, 1:14 PM MDT, 20 minutes before

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

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

0212 PM     HAIL             21 WSW BROWNLEE         42.17N 101.00W
06/09/2005  1.75 INCH        CHERRY             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MBYRD

Local storm report, Jun 9, 1:32 PM MDT, 2 minutes before

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

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

0230 PM     HAIL             17 WSW BROWNLEE         42.20N 100.93W
06/09/2005  1.00 INCH        CHERRY             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GROUND COVERED WITH HAIL

&&

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, 12:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Hooker	45 min
Jun 9, 12:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	47 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.