Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2005, 6:43 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 62 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
- Jul 10, 2005, 6:43 PM MDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2005, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 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), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLBF 110043 SVRLBF NEC031-110145- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0321.050711T0043Z-050711T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 643 PM MDT SUN JUL 10 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 745 PM MDT * AT 637 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES WEST OF MERRIMAN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF GORDON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY AT 700 PM MDT LAT...LON 4299 10208 4268 10205 4288 10158 4298 10185 $$ SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 110111 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 812 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 NEC031-110145- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0321.000000T0000Z-050711T0145Z/ CHERRY NE- 712 PM MDT SUN JUL 10 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY... AT 706 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF MERRIMAN...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARTIN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MERRIMAN BY 730 PM MDT IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE. LAT...LON 4299 10208 4268 10205 4288 10158 4298 10185 $$ SPRINGER
000 WWUS53 KLBF 110133 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 833 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 NEC031-110145- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0321.000000T0000Z-050711T0145Z/ CHERRY NE- 733 PM MDT SUN JUL 10 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY... AT 729 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MERRIMAN... OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF MARTIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MERRIMAN BY 740 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. LAT...LON 4299 10208 4268 10205 4288 10158 4298 10185 $$ SPRINGER
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 Jul 10, 1:38 PM MDT, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:38 PM MDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 237 PM SUN JUL 10 2005 .DISCUSSION... DENNIS NEARING LANDFALL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON JUST EAST OF MOBILE BAY IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. BOTH MODELS HANDLE THIS SCENARIO GOOD BUT BEGIN TO DIFFER ON TUESDAY WITH EXTENT OF REMAINS OF DENNIS OVER MISSOURI AND BEYOND. GFS NOT AS FAR WEST WITH REMAINS AND WITH WEAK RIDGE TO EAST AND STRONGER HIGH TO THE EAST BELIEVE DENNIS WILL CURVE MORE NORTHEAST AS GFS ADVERTISES. WILL USE A BLEND FOR FORECAST BUT TREND TOWARDS GFS SOLUTION. WEAK COLD FRONT WITH MAIN ENERGY WELL OVER CANADA APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT. WITH THE AID OF LLJ AND DRY LINE SHOULD BE ENOUGH LIFT FOR SCHC ALONG WESTERN EDGE OF CWA. THEN FOCUS SHIFTS TO NORTHWEST LATE WITH ADVANCE OF COOL FRONT. HAVE DROPPED POPS BACK TO SCHC ON MONDAY WITH SOMEWHAT FASTER MOVEMENT OF SYSTEM AND MARGINAL LIFT. TEMPERATURES TO BE SLIGHTLY COOLER ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH PASSAGE OF FRONT. HAVE DROPPED PRECIPITATION ON TUESDAY MORNING WITH BOTH MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ONTIMING OF SYSTEM. TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO RISE WEDNESDAY AND BEYOND AS REMNANTS OF DENNIS PULL NORTHEAST AND RIDGE BUILDS BACK IN WITH DRIER AIRMASS IN PLACE. AS WE TRANSITION TO A MORE ZONAL FLOW NEXT SYSTEM WELL NORTH IN CENTRAL CANADA APPROACHES FORECAST AREA ON FRIDAY BUT DRIER AIRMASS HAVE LEFT EXTENDED DRY FOR NOW...WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && POWER
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 1:57 PM MDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 257 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-111030- 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 257 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT GENERAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING...AND EAST OF THE PANHANDLE AFTER MIDNIGHT CDT. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING SOUTH ON THE HIGH PLAINS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED HIGH BASED STORMS MAY FORM IN THE NORTHWEST AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CRESCENT WILDLIFE REFUGE...IN GARDEN COUNTY...TO HYANNIS IN GRANT COUNTY...TO MILLS IN KEYA PAHA COUNTY. THEN OVERNIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT ADVANCES SOUTHEAST THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FURTHER SOUTHEAST TO INCLUDE AREAS EAST TO A LINE FROM EUSTIS IN FRONTIER COUNTY...BROKEN BOW IN CUSTER COUNTY AND BUTTE IN BOYD COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO FORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO FORM ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THEN MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED AS THE UPPER RIDGE REBUILDS ACROSS THE WEST AND SUPPRESS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 8:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 10:15 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 10:25 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 11:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 59 min |
| Jul 11, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant, Hooker, McPherson | 31 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.