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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS North Platte, NE

June 18, 2008Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2008, 6:51 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 min. 4 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 18, 2008, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2008, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Custer County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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 18, 7:00 PM CDT	HAIL 2	8 Ese Westerville, NE
Jun 18, 7:07 PM CDT	HAIL 1	7 E Westerville, NE
Jun 18, 7:20 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	8 Ene Ansley, NE
Jun 18, 7:21 PM CDT	HAIL 4.25	14 Se Westerville, NE	SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR THE CUSTER-SHERMAN COUNTY LINE.

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 9 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 18, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 306 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -452 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 182351
SVRLBF
NEC041-190015-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0188.080618T2351Z-080619T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
651 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTERVILLE...OR
  18 MILES EAST OF BROKEN BOW...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 37 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANSLEY BY 700 PM CDT...
  6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MASON CITY BY 710 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

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

LAT...LON 4104 9935 4148 9945 4158 9925 4150 9919
      4105 9919
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 334DEG 32KT 4141 9929

$$

POWER

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 190001
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
701 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

NEC041-190015-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0188.000000T0000Z-080619T0015Z/
CUSTER NE-
701 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY...

AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ANSLEY...OR 21 MILES EAST OF BROKEN BOW...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 37 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MASON CITY BY 710 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

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

LAT...LON 4104 9935 4148 9945 4158 9925 4150 9919
      4105 9919
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 334DEG 32KT 4133 9924

$$

POWER

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 18, 5:52 PM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 5:52 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
552 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

.UPDATE...
THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ALONG EXISTING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WITH
ADDITIONAL BOUNDARIES TO COLLIDE ACROSS THE CENTRAL WITH SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 569 TO INCLUDE CUSTER COUNTY. GRIDS AND
TXT PRODUCTS UPDATED TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS CHANGE.

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 407 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008/

UPDATE...
GRIDS AND TEXT PRODUCTS UPDATED FOR TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHERN
THREE COUNTIES IN FORECAST AREA. OTHERWISE FORECAST ON TRACK.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 234 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008/

SYNOPSIS...

H5 LOW LOCATED NEAR VANCOUVER WITH H5 HIGH OVER DESERT SOUTHWEST
WITH ASSOCIATED RIDGE THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO CENTRAL
CANADA. H5 LOW CENTERED OVER NEW YORK. NEXT WAVE TO AFFECT FORECAST
AREA DRIVING INTO WESTERN WYOMING THIS MORNING AS SEEN IN IR. ASSOCIATED
RADAR ECHOES FROM MOBRIDGE TO CUSTER TO CHEYENE AS SEEN IN NATIONAL
MOSIAC. AT THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER COLORADO WITH TROUGH AXIS
FROME EASTERN WYOMING INTO SOUTHWEST KS. COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM
SOUTHEAST MT TO SOUTHERN IDAHO.

DISCUSSION...

MODELS DIFFERING ON EVOLUTION OF CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES THIS EVENING.
ATMOSPHERE VOLATILE. PWS AROUND AN INCH OVER NEBRASKA INTO KANSAS.
NORTH PLATTES 12Z SOUNDING -8 WITH 3200 J/KG CAPES. LOOKS TO BE
EARLY SHOW CONTINUING INTO THE NIGHT. NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES ACROSS
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TODAY LEFT OVER FROM CONVECTION
LAST NIGHT. THURSDAY TO BE A CONTINUATION OF WEDNESDAY WITH A BLEND
FOR THE FORECAST. FRIDAY AS BOUNDARY OVER KANSAS WITH SURFACE HIGH
OVER HEAD SYSTEMS TO BE SHUNTED FURTHER SOUTH.

EXTENDED...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

EXTENDED MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT THROUGH THE WEEKEND THEN DIVERGE
WITH SOLUTIONS THROUGH MID WEEK AT LEAST FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS.
ECMWF FLATTENS THE RIDGE BECOMING MORE ZONAL AS A STRONG WAVE DRIVES
INTO THE TOP OF THE RIDGE MONDAY TUESDAY TIME FRAME AND AFTER
SHARPENING RIDGE WELL INTO CENTRAL CANADA THROUGH THURSDAY. THE
GFS FLATTENS SOME BUT RETAINS RIDGING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS
THROUGH THE END OF THE EXTENDED.

MYRIAD OF SHORT WAVES MOVING AROUND THE RIDGE INTO THE NORTHERN
PLAINS EACH DAY WITH ASSOCIATED CONVECTION. TIMING OF WAVES WILL BE
DIFFICULT ENOUGH IN THE NEAR TERM LET ALONE THE EXTENDED. WILL FOCUS
ON THE MAJOR SYSTEMS MONDAY TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES TO BE A BLEND BUT
TRENDING UP TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD.

AVIATION...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS EVENING WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR STORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THE KLBF AND KVTN TERMINALS. THE
GREATEST RISK FOR STORMS APPEARS TO COVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THROUGH
03Z THAT COULD DROP VISIBILITIES AND CEILINGS AT THE KLBF TERMINAL
TO BELOW VFR CONDITIONS OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH DAYBREAK
THURSDAY.

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING
FOR NEZ004-005-022>025-035>038-056>059-094.

TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
NEZ069>071.

KECK/POWER

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 3:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
331 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-191000-
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-
331 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 /231 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO
MOVE EAST TO RESULT IN ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS TONIGHT. THERE IS A
SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE
OUTLOOK AREA WITH A NUMBER OF BOUNDARIES LINGERING FOR STORMS TO
DEVELOP ON. THE PRIMARY THREAT TONIGHT WILL BE LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AS THE MOIST
AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS IN PLACE. SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES WILL TRAVERSE ACROSS THIS UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE THROUGH
FRIDAY AND SET THE STAGE FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.
THIS ACTIVE PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO WANE SOMEWHAT INTO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

&&

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 18, 3:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
335 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

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

0334 PM     HAIL             3 N ELSIE               40.89N 101.39W
06/18/2008  E0.88 INCH       PERKINS            NE   PUBLIC

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
513 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

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

0437 PM     HAIL             11 NE HAYES CENTER      40.62N 100.87W
06/18/2008  E0.75 INCH       HAYES              NE   PUBLIC

&&

BHIRSCH

Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
538 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

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

0434 PM     HEAVY RAIN       WALLACE                 40.84N 101.16W
06/18/2008  M0.94 INCH       LINCOLN            NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:28 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
628 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

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

0617 PM     HAIL             19 N BROKEN BOW         41.68N 99.64W
06/18/2008  E0.88 INCH       CUSTER             NE   PUBLIC

&&

BHIRSCH

Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:31 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
631 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

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

0625 PM     HAIL             5 E MILBURN             41.73N 99.65W
06/18/2008  E0.88 INCH       CUSTER             NE   PUBLIC

&&

JSWEET

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield, Holt, Wheeler	50 min
Jun 17, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	31 min
Jun 17, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Keya Paha, Rock	45 min
Jun 17, 7:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Brown	41 min
Jun 17, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	33 min
Jun 17, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Wheeler	33 min
Jun 17, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	63 min
Jun 17, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Garfield, Holt	46 min
Jun 17, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Brown	38 min
Jun 17, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	58 min
Jun 17, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Wheeler	20 min
Jun 17, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield	34 min
Jun 17, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Brown	47 min
Jun 17, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	61 min
Jun 17, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	61 min
Jun 17, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Rock	39 min
Jun 17, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Garden, Grant, Sheridan	63 min
Jun 17, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	59 min
Jun 17, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Loup, Rock	39 min
Jun 17, 9:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown	49 min
Jun 17, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Grant, Hooker	60 min
Jun 17, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry	36 min
Jun 17, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Garfield, Loup	33 min
Jun 17, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Garden	60 min
Jun 17, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Cherry, Grant, Hooker, Logan, McPherson and 1 more	62 min
Jun 17, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith	45 min
Jun 17, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln, Logan	62 min
Jun 17, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln, Perkins	34 min
Jun 17, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln	53 min
Jun 17, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	38 min
Jun 18, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hayes, Keith, Lincoln, Perkins	54 min
Jun 18, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln	66 min
Jun 18, 4:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes	37 min
Jun 18, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Loup	33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.