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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS North Platte, NE

June 16, 2006Holt County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2006, 2:11 PM CDT for Holt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2006, 2:11 PM CDT (19:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2006, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Holt County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2006-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 127 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2006-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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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 16, 2:49 AM CDT, 11 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 2:49 AM CDT, 11 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 11:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1154 AM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-171200-
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-
1154 AM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 /1054 AM MDT FRI JUN 16 2006/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN
AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST WIDESPREAD
CONVECTION WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 WHERE HEAVY
RAINFALL MAY ALSO BE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL MOVE INTO
THE PANHANDLE AND WESTERN NEBRASKA BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED MAINLY ALOND AND EAST
OF AN IMPERIAL TO VALENTINE LINE...WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN
THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE THE FRONT
PUSHES EAST OUT OF THE AREA. AT THIS TIME THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY
MORNING ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...
HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/LBF(ALL LOWERCASE)

POWER/13

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker, McPherson56 min
Jun 15, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas47 min
Jun 15, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry55 min
Jun 15, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker35 min
Jun 15, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Thomas63 min
Jun 15, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel, Garden45 min
Jun 15, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant23 min
Jun 15, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Grant45 min
Jun 15, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry49 min
Jun 15, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan21 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.