Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 324, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2005, 11:31 PM MDT for Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 2005, 11:31 PM MDT (05:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2005, 12:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Perkins County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:32 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 12:00 AM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 S Elsie, NE | NICKEL SIZED HAIL STRIPPED CORN LEAVES IN GARDEN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 1281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2378 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLBF 110532 SVRLBF NEC135-110630- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0324.050711T0531Z-050711T0630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1131 PM MDT SUN JUL 10 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN PERKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA * UNTIL 1230 AM MDT * AT 1120 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MADRID...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF GRANT...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ELSIE BY 1150 PM MDT GRAINTON BY 1220 AM MDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4070 10156 4070 10126 4099 10125 4099 10154 $$ CDC
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 110602 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 101 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2005 NEC135-110630- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0324.000000T0000Z-050711T0630Z/ PERKINS NE- 1201 AM MDT MON JUL 11 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM MDT FOR EASTERN PERKINS COUNTY... AT 1149 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAINTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES SOUTH OF GRAINTON BY 1220 AM MDT IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4070 10156 4070 10126 4099 10125 4099 10154 $$ CDC
000 WWUS53 KLBF 110628 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 127 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2005 NEC135-110637- /O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0324.000000T0000Z-050711T0630Z/ PERKINS NE- 1227 AM MDT MON JUL 11 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN PERKINS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1230 AM MDT... THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WEATHER HAVE WEAKENED WELL BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. 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 4070 10156 4070 10126 4099 10125 4099 10154 $$ CDC
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, 9 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:38 PM MDT, 9 hours 53 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, 9 hours 34 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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 10, 8:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
932 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0817 PM DOWNBURST GORDON 42.81N 102.20W
07/10/2005 SHERIDAN NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
GORDON POLICE DEPT. CALLED TO REPORT RAIN IN EXCESS OF 2
INCHES OVER A 45 MIN PERIOD AND TREE BRANCHES 3 TO 5
INCHES BROKEN OFF. THEY ESTIMATED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30
TO 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
&&
JSWEETThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 62 min |
| 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 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.