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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 290, NWS North Platte, NE

July 9, 2008Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2008, 11:05 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 55 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: Jul 9, 2008, 11:05 PM MDT (05:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2008, 12:00 AM MDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:07 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.

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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 687 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2065 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 179 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 100504
SVRLBF
NEC031-100600-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0290.080710T0505Z-080710T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1105 PM MDT WED JUL 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT/100 AM CDT/

* AT 1102 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING BIG CREEK...OR 16 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MULLEN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 18 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 80 BY 1125 PM MDT...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4229 10067 4223 10057 4208 10076 4209 10107
      4223 10132 4242 10118
TIME...MOT...LOC 0505Z 296DEG 16KT 4224 10116

$$

SPRINGER

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 100527
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1227 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2008

NEC031-100600-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0290.000000T0000Z-080710T0600Z/
CHERRY NE-
1127 PM MDT WED JUL 9 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT 
MDT 100 AM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 1122 PM MDT...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 NEAR HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 80...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF
MULLEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHERN CHERRY COUNTY AT 1140 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.

LAT...LON 4229 10067 4223 10057 4208 10076 4209 10107
      4223 10132 4242 10118
TIME...MOT...LOC 0527Z 293DEG 18KT 4220 10101

$$

SPRINGER

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 100555
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1255 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2008

NEC031-100605-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0290.000000T0000Z-080710T0600Z/
CHERRY NE-
1155 PM MDT WED JUL 9 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED...BUT STORMS MAY STILL 
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL.

LAT...LON 4229 10067 4223 10057 4208 10076 4209 10107
      4223 10132 4242 10118
TIME...MOT...LOC 0555Z 293DEG 18KT 4214 10084

$$

SPRINGER

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 Jul 9, 1:43 PM MDT, 9 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 1:43 PM MDT, 9 hours 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
243 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2008

.SYNOPSIS...

H5 RIDGE OVER WESTERN CONUS WITH CLEAR SKIES IN VISIBLE. SURFACE
FRONT FROM LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TO
SOUTHERN KANSAS.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE NEAR TERM HAVE TRENDED TOWARDS NAM
WRF. ANOTHER WEAK WAVE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN PLAINS AGAIN
TONIGHT. HAVE INCLUDED POPS FOR NORTH AND NORTH CENTRAL ZONES
THROUGH THE NIGHTAND INTO EARLY AM. VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WITH
ADEQUATE MOISTURE. STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION OVER NIGHT. TEMPERATURES
TO SOAR INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S. WARMER TEMPERATURES IN VTN
VICINITY WITH SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR. ENTIRE CWA REMAINS HIGHLY
UNSTABLE BUT WITH STRONG CAP AND NO TRIGGERS HAVE LEFT DRY FOR
NOW. FRIDAY COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE COMMENCES NORTHWEST IN THE AM AND
BY NOON SHOULD BE FROM KONL TO KOGA LINE HAVE ADDED SCHC POPS WITH
FROPA SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. MODELS NOT HANDLING SITUATION WELL AND
POPS MAY HAVE TO BE UPPED AND EXPANDED. FOR THE LAST WEEK WITH
MINIMAL LIFT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KICK OFF SCATTERED COVERAGES NOW
WITH GOOD LIFT SB CAPES TO 2000 JOULES/KG MODELS BRINGING SYSTEM
THROUGH DRY. MODELS HAVE PROGGED FRONT TO PUSH INTO SOUTHERN
KANSAS AND NOT STALL IT OUT OVER NORTHERN KANSAS SO HAVE PULLED
POPS FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

EXTENDED...H5 RIDGE BUILDING INTO NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH FIRST OF
THE WORK WEEK. HAVE TWEAKED TEMPERATURES UP SOME WITH POPS ADDED
FOR MONDAY AS WEAK BOUNDARY BEGINS TO MOVE EAST INTO THE
PANHANDLE. NEXT SYSTEM ON TRACK FOR WEDNESDAY BUT GFS AND ECMWF
VARY ON DEPTH AND STRENGTH OF SYSTEM HAVE LEFT DRY FOR NOW WITH
UNCERTAINTY. TEMPERATURES NORMAL FOR THE SEASON AND DRY.

&&

.AVIATION...

SIMILAR PATTERN TO THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS
EXPECTED THE NEXT 24 HOURS FOR TERMINAL SITES KLBF AND KVTN.
NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PUSH YET ANOTHER DISTURBANCE ACROSS THE REGION.
ISOLATED SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE REGION TONIGHT. COVERAGE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE VERY WIDESPREAD
AND WILL HOLD OFF ON INCLUDING THUNDER IN THE TAFS YET...HOWEVER
WILL INCLUDE CB TO CIGS. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT A
STORM WILL TRAVERSE THE TERMINAL SITES...IF ANY DO CROSS THE
TERMINAL...A BRIEF REDUCTION TO MVFR CONDITIONS FROM CIGS AND/OR
VSBY FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE.

&&

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

MASEK/POWER

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 2:37 PM MDT, 8 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
337 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2008

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-102045-
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-
337 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2008 /237 PM MDT WED JUL 9 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVES
ACROSS THE REGION. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH
STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL...MAINLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF
GORDON IN SHERIDAN COUNTY TO BROKEN BOW IN CUSTER COUNTY LINE.

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

A FEW LINGERING THUNDERSHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY
MORNING...MAINLY EFFECT AREAS NORTHEAST OF VALENTINE TO TAYLOR
LINE. THEN THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. DURING PEAK HEATING...STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MAY INITIATE FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GRANT
THROUGH NORTH PLATTE AND ONEILL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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

MASEK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 6:57 PM MDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
757 PM CDT WED JUL 09 2008

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

0754 PM     HAIL             21 WNW GORDON           42.92N 102.59W
07/09/2008  E1.00 INCH       SHERIDAN           NE   PUBLIC

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jul 9, 7:53 PM MDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
853 PM CDT WED JUL 09 2008

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

0852 PM     HAIL             5 S HAY SPRINGS         42.61N 102.69W
07/09/2008  E0.88 INCH       SHERIDAN           NE   PUBLIC

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jul 9, 8:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
900 PM CDT WED JUL 09 2008

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

0853 PM     HAIL             GORDON                  42.81N 102.20W
07/09/2008  E1.00 INCH       SHERIDAN           NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jul 9, 10:25 PM MDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1125 PM CDT WED JUL 09 2008

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

0754 PM     HAIL             21 WNW GORDON           42.92N 102.59W
07/09/2008  E1.00 INCH       SHERIDAN           NE   PUBLIC

0852 PM     HAIL             5 S HAY SPRINGS         42.61N 102.69W
07/09/2008  E0.88 INCH       SHERIDAN           NE   PUBLIC

0853 PM     HAIL             GORDON                  42.81N 102.20W
07/09/2008  E1.00 INCH       SHERIDAN           NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 6:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	64 min
Jul 9, 7:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	46 min
Jul 9, 7:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	55 min
Jul 9, 8:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	64 min
Jul 9, 8:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	37 min
Jul 9, 9:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	51 min
Jul 9, 9:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	20 min
Jul 9, 9:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	41 min
Jul 9, 10:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry	63 min
Jul 9, 11:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Cherry	28 min
Jul 10, 2:06 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	27 min
Jul 10, 2:30 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	45 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.