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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS North Platte, NE

June 21, 2008Boyd County, Holt County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2008, 6:11 PM CDT for Boyd County, Holt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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 21, 2008, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Boyd County, NE, Holt County, NE

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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 21, 6:33 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	18 Ne Oneill, NE
Jun 21, 6:45 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	17 Ene Oneill, NE

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

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 nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 215 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: 24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 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 212311
SVRLBF
NEC015-089-212345-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0201.080621T2311Z-080621T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
611 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 607 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REDBIRD STATE WILDLIFE MANANGEMENT AREA...OR
  14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPENCER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 28 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY AT 630 PM CDT
  RURAL EASTERN HOLT COUNTY AT 640 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 4243 9831 4248 9836 4249 9836 4274 9861
      4286 9842 4275 9829 4263 9830 4262 9829
      4244 9830 4242 9830
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 322DEG 25KT 4274 9845

$$

KECK

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 212322
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
622 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008

NEC015-089-212345-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-080621T2345Z/
HOLT NE-BOYD NE-
622 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BOYD AND CENTRAL HOLT COUNTIES...

AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REDBIRD STATE WILDLIFE MANANGEMENT
AREA...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPENCER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY AT 640 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 4243 9831 4248 9836 4249 9836 4274 9861
      4286 9842 4275 9829 4263 9830 4262 9829
      4244 9830 4242 9830
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 321DEG 19KT 4270 9841

$$

KECK

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 21, 2:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 2:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
248 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
     SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS EXTENDS SOUTHEAST FROM EAST
CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH WRN KANSAS. A WEAK FRONT DRIFTING SOUTH
THROUGH THE CENTRAL SANDHILLS EARLY AFTN. CU FIELD BUILDING INVOF
FRONT WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
     ONGOING ISOLATED TSRA WILL REMAIN FOCUSED NEAR SFC FRONT AND
GENERATED OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WHICH SHOULD WASH OUT PRIOR TO 03Z
ALONG WITH WEAK DISTURBANCE WHICH WILL HAVE ALREADY EXITED INTO SERN
NEBR BY THEN.

SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT...THE UPPER RIDGE ADVANCES EASTWARD AND FLATTENS
AS A STRONGER WAVE EXITS THE PAC NW AND MOVES ACROSS THE NRN
ROCKIES. SFC LOW PRESSURE DEEPENING ACROSS SERN WY AND ERN CO WILL
CAUSE WINDS IN WRN NEBR TO BACK TO THE EAST BY EARLY EVENING. THIS
WILL CAUSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING SUNDAY AFTN TO MOVE
INTO WRN NEBR DURING THE EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE DUE TO LEAD H7 WAVE AND MODERATE INSTABILITY WITH MUCAPES IN
LOWEST 1KM OF 1000 TO 2000J/KG. LACKING WILL BE WEAK DEEP LAYER
SHEAR OF 30KTS OR LESS WHICH WILL HINDER LONGEVITY OF ANY ONE STORM.

MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT...A MORE ORGANIZED EVENT TO UNFOLD MONDAY
AFTN/EVENING. MUCAPES HIGH AOA 3000 J/KG BY 21Z SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2.
DEEP LAYER SHEAR FAVORABLE AT 35-45KTS FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT.
THUS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTN
AND EVENING.

TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO FALL TO A SLIGHT
CHANCE AS MAIN DISTURBANCE WILL HAVE PASSED EAST OF AREA MONDAY
NIGHT. STILL SOME WEAK INSTABILITY IN ZONAL FLOW ALOFT.

LONGER TERM DISCUSSION (WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) RIDGE RUNNERS
PERSIST DAILY AS HIGHS REACH THE UPPER 80S EACH DAY. FEEL THAT
SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL BE LESS DUE TO WARMER AIR ALOFT FROM UPPER
RIDGE INFLUENCE AND WEAK WIND FIELDS AS WELL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE A GREATER CHANCE WITH AMPLE MOISTURE AVAILABLE FOR
CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES WHICH MAY FORM WITH A SLOW STORM MOTION.

&&

.AVIATION DISCUSSION...
A WEAK S/W TROUGH OVER THE DAKOTAS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD
EASTERN NEB SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL INTERACT WITH
A MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND AN AREA OF WEAK SFC CONVERGENCE
OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEB...RESULTING IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. SCT CLOUDINESS AT 9000 FT MAY OCCUR AT
KVTN...BUT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM MAY DEVELOP CLOSE TO THE KLBF
TERMINAL AFTER 21Z. SIMILAR TO FRIDAY...THE PROBABILITY OF A STORM
PASSING OVER THE TERMINAL REMAINS LOW...THEREFORE DID NOT INCLUDE IN
THE LATEST TAF FCST. AFTER 00Z SUNDAY...A WEAK BOUNDARY WILL MOVE
SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION...CAUSING SFC WINDS TO BECOME VARIABLE AT
BOTH KVTN AND KLBF. STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE LEE OF THE
ROCKIES WILL THEN CAUSE WINDS TO BECOME EASTERLY BY LATE SUNDAY
MORNING.

&&

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

ROBERG/GARNER

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 3:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
316 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-222030-
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-
316 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 /216 PM MDT SAT JUN 21 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE MOST LIKELY AREA
FOR STORM FORMATION WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN OSHKOSH TO
THEDFORD TO SPENCER NEBRASKA LINE. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

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

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN
NEBRASKA ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. A STATIONARY FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
FOCUS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND
EASTERN WYOMING ON SUNDAY. THESE STORMS WILL THEN MOVE EAST INTO
WESTERN NEBRASKA SUNDAY NIGHT. INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR
WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ON MONDAY...A
SEASONALLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS
THE ROCKIES...WITH THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN DEVELOPING FROM WYOMING
INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO. DUE TO STRONG LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE WINDS
VEERING AND INCREASING IN SPEED IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE...SOME OF THE STORMS ON MONDAY MAY BE SUPERCELLS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY EVENING.

&&

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

GARNER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 4:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
434 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008

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

0428 PM     HAIL             13 ESE OCONTO           41.07N 99.53W
06/21/2008  E1.00 INCH       CUSTER             NE   PUBLIC

&&

BTAYLOR

Local storm report, Jun 21, 4:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
437 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008

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

0436 PM     HAIL             5 SSW BRADY             40.96N 100.40W
06/21/2008  M1.75 INCH       LINCOLN            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BTAYLOR

Local storm report, Jun 21, 4:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
442 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008

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

0438 PM     HAIL             15 E OCONTO             41.14N 99.47W
06/21/2008  E1.00 INCH       CUSTER             NE   PUBLIC

            STRONG WINDS ACCOMPAMIED THE HAIL...WITH SOME SMALL LIMBS
            DOWN.

&&

BTAYLOR

Local storm report, Jun 21, 4:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
449 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008

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

0444 PM     HAIL             9 SW MASON CITY         41.13N 99.42W
06/21/2008  E0.75 INCH       CUSTER             NE   PUBLIC

&&

BTAYLOR

Local storm report, Jun 21, 5:26 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
526 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008

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

0509 PM     HAIL             MOOREFIELD              40.69N 100.40W
06/21/2008  E0.88 INCH       FRONTIER           NE   PUBLIC

&&

TKECK

Local storm report, Jun 21, 5:48 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
548 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008

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

0509 PM     HAIL             1 S STOCKVILLE          40.52N 100.38W
06/21/2008  E0.75 INCH       FRONTIER           NE   PUBLIC

&&

TKECK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln	43 min
Jun 21, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	35 min
Jun 21, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Lincoln	47 min
Jun 21, 5:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Frontier, Lincoln	3 hr
Jun 21, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	43 min
Jun 21, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	46 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.