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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS North Platte, NE

June 5, 2006Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2006, 5:04 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 56 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: Jun 5, 2006, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2006, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Custer County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 5, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 74 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: 35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 052204
SVRLBF
NEC041-052300-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0068.060605T2204Z-060605T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
504 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
  GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES NORTH OF ARNOLD...
  OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUNNING...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANSELMO BY 555 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 4155 9973 4141 9993 4140 10024 4173 10024
      4174 10024 4173 10013 4173 9960

$$

MASEK

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 052221
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
521 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

NEC041-052300-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-060605T2300Z/
CUSTER NE-
521 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY...

AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HIGHWAY 2 MILE MARKER 250...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF DUNNING...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 92 MILE MARKER 260 BY 525 PM CDT...
  HIGHWAY 2 MILE MARKER 260 AND ANSELMO BY 535 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4155 9973 4141 9993 4140 10024 4173 10024
      4174 10024 4173 10013 4173 9960

$$

MASEK

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 5, 2:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
253 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

....SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK EXPECTED ACROSS SERN HALF OF FORECAST
AREA THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

MORNING MCS GENERATED AN MCV LOCATED NORTH OF GID AT 16Z.  REMNANT
BOUNDARY WILL BE A FOCUS AS WELL AS MAIN FRONT DRAPED FROM SE OF ANW
TO HYANNIS TO BIG SPRINGS. EXPECTED SEVER CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS
WITH A LIKELY MCS DEVELOPING. BEST LOCATION FOR THIS WILL BE
INITIATING NEAR ARTHUR COUNTY PROPAGATING SOUTHEAST THROUGH WEST
CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBR TONIGHT.
UNUSUAL FOR THIS SPRING SO FAR...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADOES
POSSIBLE NEAR BOUNDARIES.

WX WILL SETTLE DOWN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS EXPENDING UPPER RIDGE
TRAVERSES THE CENTRAL PLAINS. TEMPS TO REACH LOWER 90S MOST AREAS
WEDNESDAY. EVEN WARMER THURSDAY WITH LOWER TO MID 90S. UPPER RIDGE
BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN AS UPPER TROUGH IN WEST MOVES IN. SLIGHT CHC
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THOROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
AS UPPER FLOW IS ZONAL AND H7 TEMPS COOL A BIT WITH A WEAKER CAP.

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 437 FOR
COUNTIES GENERALLY EAST OF BIG SPRINGS THROUGH AINSWORTH UNTIL 02Z.

&&

KAR

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 3:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
309 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-062015-
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-
309 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 /209 PM MDT MON JUN 5 2006/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

AN ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER DAY IS EXPECTED TONIGHT EAST OF LINE
FROM AINSWORTH TO OSHKOSH. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY
BEFORE SUNSET. LOCAL AREAS EXPERIENCING INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
RECEIVE HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLY MORE THAN ONE INCH OF RAINFALL.
OTHERWISE GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IS
EXPECTEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE.
THE EXTENT OF THE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE AND THE POTENTIAL TO
BECOME SEVERE IS UNCERTAIN BUT THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE
SLIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING EAST OF LINE FROM
AINSWORTH TO OGALLALA.

&&

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

MASEK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
312 PM CDT MON JUN 05 2006

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

0242 PM     HAIL             4 NNW ELSMERE           42.21N 100.21W
06/05/2006  E0.88 INCH       CHERRY             NE   PUBLIC

&&

BTAYLOR

Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
322 PM CDT MON JUN 05 2006

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

0242 PM     HAIL             4 NNW ELSMERE           42.21N 100.21W
06/05/2006  E0.88 INCH       CHERRY             NE   PUBLIC

            HAILED FOR 10 MINUTES...FROM AROUND 242PM UNTIL 252PM.

&&

BTAYLOR

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:58 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
458 PM CDT MON JUN 05 2006

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

0415 PM     HAIL             4 E ARTHUR              41.57N 101.61W
06/05/2006  E1.00 INCH       ARTHUR             NE   PUBLIC

&&

BTAYLOR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 3:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	53 min
Jun 5, 3:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel, Garden	34 min
Jun 5, 4:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith	35 min
Jun 5, 5:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln, Perkins	61 min
Jun 5, 7:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	55 min
Jun 5, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	18 min
Jun 5, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry	59 min
Jun 5, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, McPherson	58 min
Jun 5, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine	47 min
Jun 5, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan	53 min
Jun 5, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	48 min
Jun 5, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	McPherson	45 min
Jun 5, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	59 min
Jun 5, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan	47 min
Jun 5, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	52 min
Jun 5, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase	60 min
Jun 5, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	65 min
Jun 5, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	49 min
Jun 5, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes	47 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.