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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS North Platte, NE

June 6, 2007Garfield County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2007, 11:06 PM CDT for Garfield County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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 6, 2007, 11:06 PM CDT (04:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2007, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Garfield County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:09 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 6, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 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-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: 71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 070405
SVRLBF
NEC071-070445-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0208.070607T0406Z-070607T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1106 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BURWELL...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1104 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF BURWELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY AT 1120 PM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4176 9922 4176 9879 4207 9878 4206 9920

$$

SPRINGER

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 070421
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1121 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

NEC071-070445-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0208.000000T0000Z-070607T0445Z/
GARFIELD NE-
1121 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR GARFIELD COUNTY...

AT 1119 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 91 MILE MARKER 70...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF
BURWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4176 9922 4176 9879 4207 9878 4206 9920

$$

SPRINGER

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 070444
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1143 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

NEC071-070453-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0208.000000T0000Z-070607T0445Z/
GARFIELD NE-
1143 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GARFIELD COUNTY EXPIRES AT
1145 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST 1 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 4176 9922 4176 9879 4207 9878 4206 9920

$$

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 Jun 6, 3:23 PM CDT, 7 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 3:23 PM CDT, 7 hours 43 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
323 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...FORECAST CHALLENGE IS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL AND WIND
POTENTIAL OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS...

.DISCUSSION...

NEAR TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)...AS HAS BEEN THE CASE
FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...THE HUNDRED DOLLAR QUESTION IS
IF...WHEN...AND WHERE THE CAP WILL BREAK OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AS
OF 1 PM CDT...DRY LINE EXTENDED FROM KIMBALL...TO JUST WEST OF
IMPERIAL...TO JUST EAST OF GOODLAND. EXPLOSIVE SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS
UNDERWAY ACROSS EASTERN WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBR PANHANDLE.
SURFACE LOW AS OF 1 PM CDT LOCATED OVER BOX BUTTE COUNTY...WHICH
CORRELATES WELL WITH THE LOCATION AND FCST INTENSITY AS DEPICTED IN
THE NAM 18Z FCST FROM THE 12Z RUN THIS AM. AS FOR CAP STRENGTH...H5
TEMPS IN THE 18Z SOUNDING AT -6.7 C...WHICH IS RIGHT ON TRACK WITH
THE NAM 12S 18Z FCST. ONE CAVEAT IS THE DEW POINT FCST...WITH SFC
DEW POINTS DEPICTED 1-3F TOO HIGH IN THE NAM FCST. CAP STRENGTH
SEEMS TO BE MUCH STRONGER THAN FCSTED...THANKS TO THE LACK OF SFC
HEATING THIS AFTN (DENSE CIRRUS SHIELD).

THREAT FOR CONVECTION INITIATION SEEMS TO LIE IN THE 4-7 PM TIME
FRAME...WHEN THE DRYLINE SURGE IS AT ITS STRONGEST AND LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE WILL NEED TO BE AT ITS PEAK TO OVERCOME THE MID LEVEL
CAP. FORECAST TRACK OF THIS FEATURE...PLACES IT FROM JUST NORTHEAST
OF LBF INTO SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY. BY 21Z...THE CAP WEAKENS
FROM WESTERN CHERRY...INTO CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY...TO LESS THAN 20
J/KG. GIVEN THE GROSS UNDERESTIMATION OF THE CAP STRENGTH IN THE NAM
COMPARED TO THE 18Z LBF SOUNDING...PROBABLY LOOKING AT LATER
INITIATION ALONG THE COLD FRONT VS. SOONER ALONG THE DRYLINE.
ALSO...CIRROSTRATUS FIELD HAS THROWN A MONKEY IN THE WRENCH AS WELL.
TEMPS THIS AFTN...HAVE FALLEN WELL SHORT OF THE FCSTED LWR 90S.
STILL APPEARS BEST CHANCES FOR ORGANIZED CONVECTION IS IN THE ERN
ZONES AS THE COLD FRONT AND UPPR LVL COOLING CATCHES UP TO THE
DRYLINE EARLY THIS EVENING. HAVE INCREASED POPS IN THE EAST AND
LOWERED SLIGHTLY IN THE WEST.

AFTER TONIGHT...FORECAST FOCUS SHIFTS TO WIND POTENTIAL FOR
TOMORROW. H85 WINDS ACCELERATE TO 40 TO 50 KTS BY MID MORNING...WITH
NEARLY DRY ADIABATIC LAPSE RATES SPREADING EAST FROM THE PANHANDLE
DURING THE DAY. ODDS ARE WE WILL NEED SOME SORT OF WIND HEADLINE FOR
TOMORROW. HOWEVER TO AVOID CONFUSION...AM INCLINED TO LET THE
ONGOING WIND ADVISORY AND POTENTIAL CONVECTIVE WATCHES GO BEFORE A
WIND ADVISORY OR HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED. AS THE UPPR LOW
TRAVERSES SOUTH DAKOTA TOMORROW...RETAINED LOW POPS IN THE NORTH FOR
WRAPAROUND PRECIPITATION.

LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...NOT MANY LARGE SCALE CHANGES
MADE TO THE ONGOING EXTENDED PACKAGE. TRENDED TEMPS DOWN FOR FRIDAY
MORNING...AS DRIER AIR EXPECTED TO WORK INTO THE CWA ON THE BACK
SIDE OF THE EXITING COLD FRONT THURSDAY. GUIDANCE TEMPS INDICATING
UPPR 30S TO LWR 40S...SO NOT OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT FROST POTENTIAL
AT THIS POINT. AFTER FRIDAY...PATTERN WILL SHIFT TO ZONAL...THEN
SOUTHWESTERLY. TRENDED TEMPS UP FURTHER AND KEPT PRECIP IN THE
FCST.

&&
AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
THIS AFTERNOON WITH DENSE CIRRUS. SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS 25KTS EAST
OF A LINE FROM VTN TO OGA WITH GUSTS TO 35KTS THRU 3Z. DRYLINE TO
PUSH THROUGH LBF 20Z AND VTN 23Z WITH STRONG CAP. HAVE INTRODUCED
HIGH BASED (10K FT) TRW ISOLATED 02Z-06Z ALONG FROPA. IFR CONDITIONS
KANW-KONL-KBBW TRW CIGS AND VIS 6Z-10Z ALONG TWB098.

&&

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 10 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. ZONES
NEZ005>010-025>029-036>038-057>059-069>071.

&&

CLB/POWER

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 9:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
910 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-080215-
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-
910 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 /810 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2007/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING EAST OF A LINE FROM
SPRINGVIEW TO HALSEY...TO CURTIS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES...AS WELL AS LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS WILL ALSO BE MOVING VERY
QUICKLY TO THE NORTHEAST...AT 40 TO 50 MPH...SO THOSE IN THE PATH
OF THESE STORMS WILL NEED TO ACT QUICKLY.

FURTHER WEST...STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
EVENING...BEFORE DIMINISHING SOME OVERNIGHT. A FEW SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING AS WELL...THOUGH THE
BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN EAST OF THE SPRINGVIEW
TO HALSEY TO CURTIS LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AS
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A
WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED IN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA TONIGHT.

&&

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

JWS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 5:23 PM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
523 PM CDT WED JUN 06 2007

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

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GORDON                  42.81N 102.20W
06/06/2007                   SHERIDAN           NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            ROOF FROM GROCERY STORE REPORTED BLOWN OFF.

&&

ADO

Local storm report, Jun 6, 5:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
557 PM CDT WED JUN 06 2007

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

0546 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 WSW MERRIMAN          42.89N 101.79W
06/06/2007  E65 MPH          CHERRY             NE   PUBLIC

            WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH.

&&

BTAYLOR

Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
836 PM CDT WED JUN 06 2007

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

0835 PM     HAIL             7 SSW BASSETT           42.49N 99.59W
06/06/2007  E1.00 INCH       ROCK               NE   PUBLIC

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
938 PM CDT WED JUN 06 2007

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

0935 PM     HAIL             15 N ATKINSON           42.75N 98.98W
06/06/2007  E1.00 INCH       HOLT               NE   PUBLIC

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
939 PM CDT WED JUN 06 2007

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

0920 PM     TORNADO          10 NE ARNOLD            41.53N 100.06W
06/06/2007                   CUSTER             NE   PUBLIC

            BRIEF TOUCHDOWN

&&

CBUTTLER

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
953 PM CDT WED JUN 06 2007

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

0900 PM     HAIL             8 NNE BRADY             41.13N 100.31W
06/06/2007  E0.75 INCH       LINCOLN            NE   PUBLIC

&&

CBUTTLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Logan	59 min
Jun 6, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	44 min
Jun 6, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Keya Paha, Rock	53 min
Jun 6, 8:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Custer	51 min
Jun 6, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield, Holt, Loup	61 min
Jun 6, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine	57 min
Jun 6, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt, Rock	52 min
Jun 6, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	33 min
Jun 6, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	21 min
Jun 6, 9:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Custer	39 min
Jun 6, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Loup	52 min
Jun 6, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	64 min
Jun 6, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	49 min
Jun 7, 4:02 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LBF	Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more	17 hr
Jun 7, 10:18 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	LBF	Arthur, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith	6 hr

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.