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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 450, NWS North Platte, NE

September 24, 2005Frontier County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 24, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT for Frontier County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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: Sep 24, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: Sep 24, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Frontier County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 72 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: 309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -532 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1312 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 250000
SVRLBF
NEC063-250030-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0450.050925T0000Z-050925T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
700 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN FRONTIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAYWOOD...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
  WEST OF CURTIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MAYWOOD BY 705 PM CDT

LAT...LON 4035 10074 4034 10056 4069 10055 4070 10075

$$

POWER

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 250018
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
718 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

NEC063-250030-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0450.000000T0000Z-050925T0030Z/
FRONTIER NE-
718 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN FRONTIER COUNTY...

AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
MAYWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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 4035 10074 4034 10056 4069 10055 4070 10075

$$

POWER

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 250030
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
729 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

NEC063-250039-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0450.000000T0000Z-050925T0030Z/
FRONTIER NE-
729 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN FRONTIER COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 730 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.

LAT...LON 4035 10074 4034 10056 4069 10055 4070 10075

$$

POWER

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 Sep 24, 1:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 24, 1:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
151 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

.DISCUSSION...
AREA OF CONCERN APPEARS TO BE ACROSS NERN ZONES WHERE H7 CAP IS
WEAKEST. APPARENT QUADRUPLE PT IS SETTING UP BETWEEN KTIF AND KBBW.
SOUTH OF THIS LINE H7 TEMPS ARE ABOVE 10C AND THE NAM SUGGESTS CAP
WILL RETARD CONVECTION. WESTERN ZONES IN THE COLD SECTOR COULD
PERHAPS SEE SOME LARGE HAIL AS WAA FLOWS NEWD FROM SE WY/NW CO. 45KT
SHEAR AND SFC WARM FRONT NEAR KBBW APPEARS TO BE THE MOST LIKELY
FOCUS FOR ANY TORNADIC ACTIVITY.

EXPECT CONVECTION TO FIRE LATE THIS AFTN OR EARLY EVENING AS CAP
WEAKENS AND 250MB JET APPROACHES. TIMING MIGHT BE 00Z-03Z IF THE
H7 CAP HOLDS.

FOR SUNDAY...MUCH COOLER. CAA AND STRATUS REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA.
LIGHT SHRA ACTIVITY THRU OUT THE DAY AND ACROSS NERN ZONES
ASSOCIATED WITH DEPARTING MCS.

SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY AM...THE NAM SUGGEST AN UA DISTURBANCE WILL BE
SUFFICIENT FOR A WEAKLY ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF SHRAS TO FORM ACROSS
SWRN ZONES.

MON/TUES/WEDS...THE DGEX/GFS/ECMWF ALL SUGGEST A QUICK WARMING TREND
AHEAD OF ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT POISED TO DROP IN WEDNESDAY.
CONTINUE SCHC TSRA AHEAD OF THE FRONT FOR NOW.

THUR/FRI/SAT...H5 RIDGE AMPLIFIES AND CYCLE REPEATS.

&&

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE

&&

CDC

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 24, 3:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
354 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-252100-
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
354 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 /254 PM MDT SAT SEP 24 2005/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS
OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS
WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. HOWEVER...WITH VERY WARM...MOIST AIR
BEING ADVECTED INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH AND AN UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE...THERE MAY BE ISOLATED TORNADOES MAINLY EAST OF A LINE
FROM NEAR OCONTO IN CUSTER COUNTY...TO ALMERIA IN LOUP COUNTY...TO
BASSETT IN ROCK COUNTY...AND TO NAPER IN BOYD COUNTY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT AS
ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...
HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE)

DDB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 24, 4:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

NEZ007-009-010-027>029-038-250400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
410 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

TORNADO WATCH 814 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE...

BOYD...CUSTER...GARFIELD...HOLT...LOUP...ROCK...WHEELER

CDC

Local storm report, Sep 24, 6:08 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
608 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

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

0559 PM     HAIL             5 N BURWELL             41.85N 99.13W
09/24/2005  1.75 INCH        GARFIELD           NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

AODER

Local storm report, Sep 24, 6:48 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
648 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

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

0640 PM     HAIL             8 SE HAYES CENTER       40.43N 100.91W
09/24/2005  1.75 INCH        HAYES              NE   PUBLIC

            GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED LASTING 5 TO 10 MINUTES

&&

AODER

Local storm report, Sep 24, 6:59 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
659 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

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

0658 PM     HAIL             5 S BARTLETT            41.81N 98.55W
09/24/2005  1.00 INCH        WHEELER            NE   PUBLIC

            PEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED LASTING 10 MINUTES

&&

AODER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 24, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Wheeler	32 min
Sep 24, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	51 min
Sep 24, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown	40 min
Sep 24, 9:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Brown	43 min
Sep 24, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield	50 min
Sep 24, 9:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Rock	55 min
Sep 24, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	53 min
Sep 24, 9:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Brown	24 min
Sep 24, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Rock	36 min
Sep 24, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	60 min
Sep 25, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield, Loup	64 min
Sep 25, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown	58 min
Sep 25, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Garden, Grant	47 min
Sep 25, 12:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	64 min
Sep 25, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield, Holt	63 min
Sep 25, 1:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Rock	62 min
Sep 25, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	61 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.