Severe Thunderstorm Warning 488, NWS North Platte, NE

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 300328
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1027 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2007

NEC041-111-113-300400-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0488.000000T0000Z-070930T0400Z/
LOGAN NE-CUSTER NE-LINCOLN NE-
1027 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR LINCOLN...WESTERN CUSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES...

AT 1025 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HIGHWAY 92 MILE MARKER 240
TO HIGHWAY 47 MILE MARKER 80 TO 12 MILES EAST OF WELLFLEET...OR ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF ARNOLD TO 21 MILES SOUTH OF
ARNOLD TO 10 MILES NORTH OF CURTIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ARNOLD BY 1035 PM CDT...
  HIGHWAY 40 MILE MARKER 20 BY 1045 PM CDT...
  HIGHWAY 92 MILE MARKER 260 BY 1050 PM CDT...
  CALLAWAY BY 1055 PM CDT...

DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH WERE REPORTED WITH 
THIS STORM IN THE NORTH PLATTE AREA. 

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4165 9990 4105 9990 4105 10024 4073 10024
      4074 10122 4134 10071
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 247DEG 37KT 4146 10030 4114 10025
          4079 10047

$$

SPRINGER

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
328 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2007

.NEAR TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)...MAIN FORECASTING
CHALLENGES LIE WITH SVR THREAT AND PRECIPITATION CHANCES
TONIGHT...SUNDAY...MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

FOR TONIGHT...18Z LBF SOUNDING INDICATING A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT CAP
WITH A CONVECTIVE TEMP NEAR 87 DEGREES. AT 19Z THE TEMPERATURE WAS
81 DEGREES...SO THE CAP IS SLOWLY ERODING ATTM. WIND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN MARGINAL THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS HAS LIMITED
HEATING SOMEWHAT. QUICK GLANCE AT THE 18Z SOUNDING INDICATING
DECREASED WINDS OFF THE SFC...SO WILL BE CANCELING THE WIND
ADVISORY AT FCST ISSUANCE. CAP WILL BEGIN TO ERODE OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS TO THE SOUTHWEST AND EXPECT CONVECTION TO FIRE
ACROSS ERN COLORADO WITHIN THE 2 TO 4 HOURS. DEEP LAYER SHEAR
REMAINS STRONG ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TDY...BUT
REMAINS UNIDIRECTIONAL IN NATURE...FAVORING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. MAY SEE A TORNADO THREAT INITIALLY THOUGH...ESPECIALLY OVER
EASTERN AREAS IN ADVANCE OF THE SURFACE TROF AS LCLS AND 0-1 KM
HELICITIES ARE MORE FAVORABLE. HAVE INCREASED POPS IN MOST AREAS FOR
TONIGHT AS A LINE OF CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND CONGEAL
ACROSS THE CENTRAL CWA.

COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWA OVERNIGHT CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY A
H5 CLOSED LOW. TRACK OF THE UPPR SUPPORT WILL REMAIN JUST NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80. WITH THE TRACK OF THIS FEATURE REMAINING
CONSISTENT...INCREASED POPS IN NRN AREAS AND LOWERED IN THE
SOUTH.

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ON MONDAY...ALLOWING H85 DEW POINTS TO
SURGE NWD INTO WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ANOTHER
PROGRESSIVE TROF WILL QUICKLY TRAVERSE THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND
EMERGE ONTO THE HIGH PLAINS MONDAY NIGHT. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO
FIRE ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS TO THE SOUTHWEST...LIFTING NEWD INTO THE
AREA OVERNIGHT MONDAY. OVERNIGHT TIMING ATTM SHOULD LIMIT THE SEVERE
THREAT. NONE THE LESS...HAVE INCREASED POPS AS MOISTURE RETURN MORE
ROBUST WITH TDYS MODEL RUNS.

.LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...LOW AMPLITUDE WSWRLY FLOW
ALOFT WILL PERSIST FROM MIDWEEK THROUGH LATE THURSDAY. SURFACE FRONT
WILL REMAIN ANCHORED ACROSS THE DAKOTAS SO WARM AND DRY CONDS
EXPECTED WITH THE PRECIPITATION FOCUS NORTH OF THE CWA. BY
THURSDAY...RIDGING WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN. ACROSS THE WESTERN
CONUS AS A CLOSED SYSTEM DIVES SOUTH FROM SWRN CANADA. THE AMPLIFIED
PATTERN WILL USHER IN A COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY...FOLLOWED BY UPPR
SUPPORT ON SATURDAY. INTRODUCED POPS ACROSS THE NRN CWA FOR FRIDAY
NIGHT AND SATURDAY AS BEST FORCING AND COUPLED JET DYNAMICS LOCATED
OVER THE DAKOTAS.

&&

AVIATION...THE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL DIMINISH WITH THE APPROACH OF
THE SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE PANHANDLE THIS EVENING. EXTENSIVE HIGH
CLOUDINESS HAS ALSO LIMITED FULL HEATING POTENTIAL WITH 18Z KLBF
SOUNDING SHOWING CAP IN PLACE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING WITH A LATE EVENING
EVENT AHEAD WITH STRONGER DISTURBANCE TO LIFT NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT
GENERATE MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA THAT WILL SHIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE INTO THE
MORNING SUNDAY. CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP OVERNIGHT AS FRONT
MOVES SOUTHEAST BUT REMAIN WITHIN THE VFR CATEGORY OUTSIDE OF
CONVECTION. THE EXCEPTION MAY BE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST WHERE CEILING
MAY BECOME MVFR AFTER 30/12Z.

&&

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

CLB/TLK

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
323 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2007

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-300630-
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-
323 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2007 /223 PM MDT SAT SEP 29 2007/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES ACROSS
THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST THIS EVENING
AND BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITH SOME STORMS TO
REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING AS
SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES LIFT NORTHEAST. WHILE THE PRIMARY
THREAT IS LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

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

THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN LINGER INTO SUNDAY MORNING
ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL AS THE SYSTEM PULLS NORTHEAST. THUNDERSTORMS
WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS THE NEXT LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

&&

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

KECK

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
706 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2007

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

0704 PM     HAIL             12 NW HAYES CENTER      40.63N 101.18W
09/29/2007  E2.00 INCH       HAYES              NE   PUBLIC

            HEN EGG AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND

&&

MBYRD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
716 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2007

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

0715 PM     HAIL             10 SE WALLACE           40.73N 101.03W
09/29/2007  E0.75 INCH       LINCOLN            NE   PUBLIC

&&

MBYRD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
735 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2007

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

0734 PM     HAIL             NORTH PLATTE            41.13N 100.77W
09/29/2007  E1.00 INCH       LINCOLN            NE   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

MBYRD