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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS North Platte, NE

June 5, 2008Garfield County, Holt County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2008, 4:13 PM CDT for Garfield County, Holt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 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 5, 2008, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 5, 10:55 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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: 277 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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 5, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
245 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
    AT 19Z...THE 6.7 MICRON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWED A WELL
DEVELOPED CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO. THE
ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOWS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
SOUTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW AND OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO WEST OF LAMAR. A
WARM FRONT HAD MADE ITS WAY INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE
DRY LINE EXTENDED FROM THE NEBRASKA LOW THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS WHILE
THE FRONT STRETCHED TO THE LOW IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
&&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
    SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ALONG THE
SURFACE WARM FRONT AND DRY LINE AS THE ASSOCIATED LOW PRESSURE MAKES
ITS WAY NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA. BESIDES THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE INTO LATE THIS
EVENING...VERY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL ON ALREADY NEARLY
SATURATED GROUND. THUS...FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO A THREAT.

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
    WITH THE UPPER LOW/TROUGH CONTINUING OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN
WEST...ACTIVE WEATHER IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY.
&&

.AVIATION...
    AS AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE LIFTS NORTH ACROSS NEBRASKA
AHEAD OF A POTENT UPR LVL DISTURBANCE...THUNDERSTORMS /SOME STRONG
TO SVR/ WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. MVFR TO OCCASIONAL IFR CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR AS THESE
STORMS AFFECT THE KLBF/KVTN TAF SITES. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
BRIEFLY EXIT THE REGION DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT THEN
QUICKLY REDEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON AS THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES.
SHOWERS ARE THEN EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT AS THE UPR WAVE EXITS
THE REGION. WINDS WILL QUICKLY BECOME NORTHWESTERLY BY 09Z AS THE
SFC LOW MOVES EAST OF THE AREA...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25-30KT. VSBY AND
CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AFTER 12Z FRIDAY.
    WITH MOISTURE LEFT IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER BEHIND THE STORMS...
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF MIST OR FOG WITH IFR CONDITIONS.
CONFIDENCE IN THAT SCENARIO IS NOT HIGH...SO WE WILL NOT PUT IT INTO
THE VALENTINE AND NORTH PLATTE TERMINALS AT THIS TIME.
&&

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NEZ005>010-024>029-036>038-057>059-069>071
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL FRIDAY 7 AM CDT (6 AM MDT)
NEZ006>010-025>029-037-038-059-070-071
TORNADO WATCH THIS EVENING UNTIL 7 PM CDT (6 PM MDT).
&&

SPRINGER/GARNER

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 11:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1144 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-061645-
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-
1144 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 /1044 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE HIGH RISK IS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY
183. IN THIS HIGH RISK AREA...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR STRONG LONG-
TRACKED TORNADOES. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND ARE EXPECTED AS WELL.
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF STATE
HIGHWAY 61. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND ARE LIKELY IN THE
MODERATE RISK AREA...AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

WITH PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MAY
PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. THE GREATEST RISK AGAIN EXPECTED IN
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT...AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

.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

JRS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 2:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
256 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

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

0254 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     8 SSE SUTHERLAND        41.05N 101.07W
06/05/2008                   LINCOLN            NE   PUBLIC

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:22 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
322 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

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

0200 PM     HEAVY RAIN       ELSMERE                 42.16N 100.18W
06/05/2008  M1.75 INCH       CHERRY             NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:23 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
323 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

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

0321 PM     HAIL             BRADY                   41.02N 100.37W
06/05/2008  E1.25 INCH       LINCOLN            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:28 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
328 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

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

0326 PM     HAIL             BRADY                   41.02N 100.37W
06/05/2008  M1.50 INCH       LINCOLN            NE   PUBLIC

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:45 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
345 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

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

0343 PM     HAIL             BURWELL                 41.78N 99.13W
06/05/2008  E1.00 INCH       GARFIELD           NE   PUBLIC

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
413 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

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

0410 PM     TORNADO          6 SSW STUART            42.52N 99.19W
06/05/2008                   HOLT               NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO MOVING NE.

&&

JSWEET

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Hayes, Lincoln	25 min
Jun 4, 7:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Hayes	2 hr
Jun 4, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase	57 min
Jun 4, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Cherry, Garden, Grant, Sheridan	61 min
Jun 4, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Hayes, Lincoln	30 min
Jun 4, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes	30 min
Jun 4, 8:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Frontier	36 min
Jun 4, 8:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes	32 min
Jun 4, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Frontier, Lincoln	44 min
Jun 4, 8:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Hayes	2 hr
Jun 4, 9:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Hayes	29 min
Jun 4, 9:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln	61 min
Jun 4, 9:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln	3 hr
Jun 4, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Lincoln	45 min
Jun 5, 12:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Frontier	4 hr
Jun 5, 1:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	38 min
Jun 5, 6:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase	55 min
Jun 5, 6:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Chase	3 hr
Jun 5, 6:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes	46 min
Jun 5, 7:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes, Keith, Lincoln, Perkins	55 min
Jun 5, 8:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Perkins	4 hr
Jun 5, 8:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	66 min
Jun 5, 9:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln, McPherson	43 min
Jun 5, 9:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln	3 hr
Jun 5, 9:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha, Rock	40 min
Jun 5, 9:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas	49 min
Jun 5, 10:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	6 hr
Jun 5, 10:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Thomas	6 hr
Jun 5, 10:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	26 min
Jun 5, 12:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha, Rock	61 min
Jun 5, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes, Lincoln	23 min
Jun 5, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Logan, Thomas	51 min
Jun 5, 1:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln	27 min
Jun 5, 2:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln	31 min
Jun 5, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown	46 min
Jun 5, 2:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Lincoln	37 min
Jun 5, 3:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Lincoln	17 min
Jun 5, 3:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Brown, Rock	39 min
Jun 5, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln, Logan	19 min
Jun 5, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Garfield, Loup	36 min
Jun 5, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Holt, Rock	46 min
Jun 5, 4:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock	28 min
Jun 5, 4:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Holt	44 min
Jun 5, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	41 min
Jun 5, 5:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Boyd, Garfield, Holt, Wheeler	3 hr
Jun 5, 5:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins	3 hr
Jun 5, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	45 min
Jun 5, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd	46 min
Jun 5, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	29 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.