Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 238, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2008, 6:58 PM CDT for McPherson 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2008, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2008, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County McPherson County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 62 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLBF 262357 SVRLBF NEC117-270045- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0238.080626T2358Z-080627T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 658 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MCPHERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TRYON... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAND BEACH LAKE...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARTHUR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TRYON BY 725 PM CDT... RINGGOLD BY 740 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4173 10071 4140 10071 4140 10141 4174 10141 TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 293DEG 35KT 4168 10126 $$ MASEK
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 270015 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 714 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 NEC005-101-117-270045- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0237.000000T0000Z-080627T0045Z/ MCPHERSON NE-ARTHUR NE-KEITH NE- 614 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN KEITH...SOUTHEASTERN ARTHUR AND SOUTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES... AT 612 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 61 MILE MARKER 100...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF OGALLALA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHEASTERN KEITH COUNTY AT 630 PM MDT IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY MORNING/100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING/ FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4146 10129 4114 10127 4113 10186 4138 10189 TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 264DEG 25KT 4134 10157 $$ 13
000 WWUS53 KLBF 270033 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 733 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 NEC117-270045- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0238.000000T0000Z-080627T0045Z/ MCPHERSON NE- 733 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY... AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCHNICK LAKE...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRYON...MOVING EAST AT 42 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 92 MILE MARKER 200 BY 740 PM CDT... 6 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 20 AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF TRYON BY 745 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4173 10071 4140 10071 4140 10141 4174 10141 TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 277DEG 37KT 4148 10113 $$ MASEK
000 WWUS53 KLBF 270047 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 747 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 NEC117-270057- /O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0238.000000T0000Z-080627T0045Z/ MCPHERSON NE- 747 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4173 10071 4140 10071 4140 10141 4174 10141 TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 277DEG 37KT 4148 10113 $$ MASEK
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 26, 3:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 3:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 326 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 .DISCUSSION... ...STRONG TO SEVERE WEATHER IS THE MAIN FOCUS TODAY... LNX WSR-88D RADAR SHOWING SEVERAL BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE REGION. ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE BOUNDARY LITES UP. 18Z KLBF SOUNDING SHOWED UNSTABLE CONDITIONS BUT A STRONG CAP AND DRY CONDITIONS...PW/S LESS THAN AN INCH...HOWEVER THIS WAS ON THE DRY SIDE OF BOUNDARIES. SURFACE DEW PT JUMPED FROM 48 TO 60S AFTER A BOUNDARY SURGED NORTH OF THE AIRPORT. MEANWHILE MID LEVEL WAVE...COLD FRONT...IS PUSHING INTO WESTERN S DAKOTA AND IS RACING SOUTHEAST. EARLY THIS EVENING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED...HOWEVER OVERNIGHT WITH THE HELP OF WAVE RIDING SOUTHEAST ACROSS N CENTRAL...A MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE CLUSTER IS EXPECTED. SEVERE THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES EARLY ON...ESPECIALLY IF A STORM IS NEAR A BOUNDARY. THEN LARGE HAIL AND WIND OVERNIGHT. BEHIND COLD FRONT TEMPS ALOFT COOL WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES DEVELOPING. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE FOR WEAKER STORMS TOMORROW AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S. FOR THE WEEKEND A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS...AND IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY NORTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. TEMPERATURES ALSO ON THE WAY UP. HAVE GONE CLOSE TO GUIDANCE WITH LIMITED CLOUDS. IT REMAINS POSSIBLE FOR THE STRAY THUNDERSTORM TO FORM THIS TIME OF YEAR...BUT WILL KEEP FORECAST DRY FOR NOW. NEXT WEEK RIDGE BEGINS TO FLATTENS WITH A RETURN TO AN ACTIVE PATTERN...ESPECIALLY BY MID WEEK. TEMPERATURES REMAIN SEASONAL WITH 80S TO MID 90S. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL LEAD TO MVFR CONDITIONS NEAR THE STORMS WITH CIGS DROPPING BELOW 3KFT AGL AND VSBYS BEING REDUCED IN THE HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS. HAIL AND WIND THREATS WILL ALSO BE PRESENT TO LIGHT AIRCRAFT NEAR THESE STORMS. OUTSIDE THE STORM AREAS VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD BE PRESENT WITH A HIGH CLOUD DECK ASSOC WITH REMNANT THUNDERSTORMS. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && MASEK/13
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 3:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 326 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-272030- 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- 326 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 /226 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING AND POSSIBLY INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. NUMEROUS SURFACE BOUNDARIES WERE MOVING AND INTERSECTING ACROSS THE SANDHILLS AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THESE COLLIDING BOUNDARIES WILL ALLOW THE VERY UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL AIR TO BE FORCED UPWARD WHERE WIND CONDITIONS ALOFT WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS. AS A RESULT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREAT AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON LOOKS TO BE NEAR NEAR AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BRADY TO MULLEN TO MERRIMAN WHERE THE MAIN SURFACE BOUNDARY EXISTS. OTHER ONGOING STORMS WILL MOVE OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO THE WEST AND MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND MAY ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. THERE IS ALSO SOME INDICATION A LARGE CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF SOUTH DAKOTA TOWARD NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY EARLY IN THE DAY...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY...BUT LIMITED INSTABILITY SHOULD LIMIT THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. AS DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR FILTER IN BEHIND THE FRONT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LOOKS TO BE SUPPRESSED INTO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN INCREASE TOWARD THE FIRST OF THE NEXT WEEK AS ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHES THE PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/LBF(ALL LOWERCASE) 13
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:26 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
626 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0620 PM HAIL 1 NW BROWNLEE 42.30N 100.64W
06/26/2008 E1.00 INCH CHERRY NE PUBLIC
&&
BTAYLORLocal storm report, Jun 26, 6:35 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
635 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM HAIL 6 NE BROWNLEE 42.35N 100.54W
06/26/2008 E1.75 INCH CHERRY NE PUBLIC
&&
BTAYLORThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden, Keith | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Sheridan | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden, Keith | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, McPherson | 52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.