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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 322, NWS North Platte, NE

July 10, 2005Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2005, 7:44 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 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, 7:44 PM MDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2005, 8:21 PM MDT
In force
37 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), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 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

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2005-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1205 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2005-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 110144
SVRLBF
NEC031-110245-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0322.050711T0144Z-050711T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
744 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 845 PM MDT

* AT 740 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12
  MILES EAST OF GORDON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY AT 800 PM MDT

LAT...LON 4298 10208 4262 10205 4279 10170 4299 10173

$$

SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 110210
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
910 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

NEC031-110245-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0322.000000T0000Z-050711T0245Z/
CHERRY NE-
810 PM MDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 803 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 18
MILES EAST OF GORDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY AT 820 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 4298 10208 4262 10205 4279 10170 4299 10173

$$

SPRINGER
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 110221
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
922 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

NEC031-110232-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0322.000000T0000Z-050711T0245Z/
CHERRY NE-
822 PM MDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY IS
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.

LAT...LON 4298 10208 4262 10205 4279 10170 4299 10173

$$

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, 6 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:38 PM MDT, 6 hours 6 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, 5 hours 47 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry62 min
Jul 10, 8:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan57 min
Jul 10, 10:15 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningLBFSheridan30 min
Jul 10, 10:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningLBFSheridan3 hr
Jul 10, 11:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins59 min
Jul 11, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Grant, Hooker, McPherson31 min

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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.