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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS North Platte, NE

June 17, 2008Boyd County, Holt County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2008, 4:22 PM CDT for Boyd County, Holt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 17, 2008, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Boyd County, NE, Holt County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 17, 4:26 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Butte, NE	HAIL FROM DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAD ACCUMULATED TO A DEPTH OF 4 INCHES ON THE GROUND.
Jun 17, 5:10 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	15 N Oneill, NE	PENNY SIZE HAIL COVERING ENTIRE GROUND.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 4 minutes after it went out.

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 nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 237 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 101 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 172123
SVRLBF
NEC015-089-172200-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0151.080617T2122Z-080617T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
422 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BOYD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTH CENTRAL HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 421 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARSHALL BRIDGE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
  AREA...OR NEAR SPENCER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MIDWAY BY 455 PM CDT...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL TO THE 
SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND 
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4278 9868 4266 9860 4259 9873 4284 9887
      4291 9890 4295 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 334DEG 19KT 4285 9880

$$

KECK

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 172128
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
426 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

NEC015-089-172200-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-080617T2200Z/
HOLT NE-BOYD NE-
426 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL BOYD AND NORTH CENTRAL HOLT COUNTIES...

AT 421 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARSHALL
BRIDGE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR NEAR SPENCER...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 22 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MIDWAY BY 455 PM CDT...

AT 426 PM CDT HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE WAS REPORTED IN THE COMMUNITY 
OF BUTTE THAT COVERED THE GROUND TO A DEPTH OF 4 INCHES IN TOWN. IF 
YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT 
LIFE AND PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4278 9868 4266 9860 4259 9873 4284 9887
      4291 9890 4295 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 334DEG 19KT 4283 9879

$$

KECK

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 172137
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
437 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

NEC015-089-172200-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-080617T2200Z/
HOLT NE-BOYD NE-
437 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL BOYD AND NORTH CENTRAL HOLT COUNTIES...

AT 436 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PARSHALL BRIDGE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPENCER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MIDWAY BY 455 PM CDT...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4278 9868 4266 9860 4259 9873 4284 9887
      4291 9890 4295 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 333DEG 18KT 4279 9875

$$

KECK

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 172144
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
444 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

NEC015-089-172200-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-080617T2200Z/
HOLT NE-BOYD NE-
444 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL BOYD AND NORTH CENTRAL HOLT COUNTIES...

AT 441 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDWAY...OR
8 MILES SOUTH OF SPENCER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 26 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MIDWAY BY 455 PM CDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4278 9868 4266 9860 4259 9873 4284 9887
      4287 9887 4289 9876
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 328DEG 23KT 4275 9871

$$

TLK

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 172201
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
457 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

NEC015-089-172207-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-080617T2200Z/
HOLT NE-BOYD NE-
457 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BOYD COUNTY WILL 
EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS EXITED SOUTH CENTRAL BOYD COUNTY AND 
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL HOLT COUNTY THROUGH 530 
PM CDT. THEREFORE THE WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BOYD 
COUNTRY WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL IN EFFECT FOR NORTH 
CENTRAL HOLT COUNTY.  

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4278 9868 4266 9860 4259 9873 4284 9887
      4287 9887 4289 9876
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 328DEG 23KT 4268 9865

$$

TLK

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 17, 3:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 3:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
303 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
H5 RIDGE OVER WESTERN CONUS WITH TROUGH OVER EASTERN CONUS.
MOISTURE POOLING OVER SOUTHWEST INTO NORTWEST NEBRASKA AS SEN IN
VISIBLE SATELLITE. ISOLATED CONVECTION FIRING ALONG BLACKHILLS AND
SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

IN THE NEAR TERM MODELS HAVING TROUBLE WITH TIMING OF WAVES MOVING
AROUND AND THROUGH THE H5 RIDGE TO THE WEST. MOISTURE RIDGE OVER
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA HAS POTENTIAL FOR WEATHER TONIGHT. HAVE USED A
BLEND FOR THE FORECAST. CONFIDENCE IS LOW WHERE CONVECTION MAY
FIRE. CAP REMAINS STRONG THIS AFTERNOON OVER FORECAST AREA. WEAK
LLJ CAPES AROUND 2000 TO 2500 MODERATE INSTABILITY BUT NO GOOD
FOCUS. STRONGER WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON
WEDNESDAY WITH BETTER FORCING HAVE LEFT CHANCE POPS GOING INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THEN BEGAN TRIMMING THEM BACK. TEMPERATURES IN
THE 80S LOWS IN THE 50S.

EXTENDED...FRIDAY NIGHT THRU TUESDAY
MODELS SEEM TO BE IN DECENT AGREEMENT IN BUILDING THE UPPER RIDGE
ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST DURING THE WEEKEND...AND THEN NOSING THE
RIDGE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS EARLY NEXT WEEK. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES
WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSLATE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS OUR
AREA...AND THIS WILL KEEP THE CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT
CONVECTION GOING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BOTH THE ECMWF AND GFS SHOW
THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING INTO OUR AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY...SO
HAVE OPTED TO LEAVE THOSE DAYS DRY FOR NOW...AS TEMPERATURES ALOFT
MAY WARM HELPING TO SUPPRESS CONVECTION.

TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY BE WARMING THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH
HIGHS AOA 90 DEGREES...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHWEST ZONES BY SUNDAY. DEW
POINTS IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S WILL HELP KEEP TEMPERATURES UP AT
NIGHT...WITH LOWS IN THE 60S BECOMING COMMON BY SUNDAY...AND THEN
LASTING FOR THE REST OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD.
&&

.AVIATION...

MOISTURE FEED NORTH ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA LEADING TO AREAS OF MVFR
CONDITIONS WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 TO THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE
POTENTIAL FOR MVFR CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT TERMINALS KLBF AND KVTN
THROUGH 18/00Z. ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT THAT WILL LIKELY INFLUENCE THE KVTN TERMINAL FROM 00Z
TO 04Z THIS EVENING THEN TOWARD DAYBREAK AS RIDGE RUNNERS MOVE
SOUTHEAST. OVERNIGHT BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE INCREASES ACROSS THE
WEST WITH MVFR TO LIFR CONDITIONS GENERALLY WEST OF KLBF AND KVTN
TERMINALS THROUGH 15Z.

&&

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

KECK/POWER

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 3:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
304 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-182015-
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-
304 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008 /204 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS
PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT. THE GREATEST
RISK IS WEST OF A LINE FROM SPRINGVIEW IN KEYA PAHA COUNTY TO
MASON CITY IN CUSTER COUNTRY. ADDITIONAL ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS FURTHER EAST IS POSSIBLE AS DISTURBANCES MOVES
THROUGH THE UPPER RIDGE AND ENCOUNTER DEEPENING MOISTURE IN AN
UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS LARGE HAIL WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO EVOLVE INTO CLUSTERS THAT COULD
PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD SLOWLY EAST WITH AN ACTIVE WEATHER
PATTERN EACH DAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY WILL BE MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM
VALENTINE TO NORTH PLATTE...WHERE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN THE MOST
UNSTABLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

&&

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

KECK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 11:15 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1115 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

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

1100 AM     HAIL             12 NNE SPRINGVIEW       42.99N 99.66W
06/17/2008  E0.88 INCH       KEYA PAHA          NE   PUBLIC

            HAIL COMPLETELY COVERED THE GROUND.

&&

BTAYLOR

Local storm report, Jun 17, 4:08 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
408 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

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

0406 PM     HAIL             2 NW BUTTE              42.93N 98.88W
06/17/2008  E1.00 INCH       BOYD               NE   PUBLIC

&&

CARMEL

Local storm report, Jun 17, 4:15 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
415 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

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

0412 PM     HAIL             BUTTE                   42.91N 98.85W
06/17/2008  M1.00 INCH       BOYD               NE   PUBLIC

            HAIL WAS COVERING GROUND TO DEPTH OF ONE INCH.

&&

CARMEL

Local storm report, Jun 17, 4:16 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
416 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

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

0415 PM     HAIL             BUTTE                   42.91N 98.85W
06/17/2008  E1.25 INCH       BOYD               NE   PUBLIC

&&

CARMEL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 10:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keya Paha	28 min
Jun 17, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd	67 min
Jun 17, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	39 min
Jun 17, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Keya Paha	66 min
Jun 17, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	51 min
Jun 17, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock	47 min
Jun 17, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd	19 min
Jun 17, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	52 min
Jun 17, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt, Rock	27 min
Jun 17, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keya Paha	38 min
Jun 17, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	24 min
Jun 17, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	63 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.