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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 322, NWS North Platte, NE

July 15, 2008Hooker County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2008, 7:48 PM MDT for Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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 15, 2008, 7:48 PM MDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2008, 8:30 PM MDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Hooker County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 15, 3:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 107 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: 2668 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1875 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 12.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 160147
SVRLBF
NEC091-160230-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0322.080716T0148Z-080716T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
748 PM MDT TUE JUL 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN HOOKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 830 PM MDT

* AT 744 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11
  MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2 MILE MARKER 170...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  MULLEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHWAY 2 MILE MARKER 170 BY 830 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 1100 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4197 10106 4176 10128 4184 10143 4194 10144
      4194 10142 4195 10143 4208 10132
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 219DEG 11KT 4188 10135

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 160207
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
908 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

NEC091-160230-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0322.000000T0000Z-080716T0230Z/
HOOKER NE-
808 PM MDT TUE JUL 15 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTY...

AT 807 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 7 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2 MILE MARKER 170...OR 16 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 14 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHWAY 2 MILE MARKER 170 BY 825 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 1100 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4197 10106 4184 10124 4188 10141 4194 10144
      4194 10142 4195 10143 4208 10132
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 226DEG 12KT 4194 10131

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KLBF 160232
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
932 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

NEC091-160242-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0322.000000T0000Z-080716T0230Z/
HOOKER NE-
832 PM MDT TUE JUL 15 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING AND PRODUCED AT LEAST PENNY 
SIZE HAIL AS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS 
WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4197 10106 4184 10124 4188 10141 4194 10144
      4194 10142 4195 10143 4208 10132
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 226DEG 12KT 4194 10131

$$

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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 15, 1:55 PM MDT, 5 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 1:55 PM MDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
255 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

.DISCUSSION...

A WARM FRONT LOCATED FROM NEAR KAKO CO TO BTWN KIML AND KOGA THEN
EAST THROUGH KLXN WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY INTO TONIGHT WITH
SFC MOISTURE POOLING NORTH OF FRONT AS INDICATED BY RUC13. PRESENCE
OF ACCAS AND A BIT OF CIRROCU INDICATES MID AND UPPER LEVEL
INSTABILITY FROM NERN CO THROUGH SWRN NEBR. WHILE THE NAM DOES NOT
SHOW A FOCUSED AREA IN SWRN NEBR LATE THIS AFTN/EVENING...THE GFS
ACTUALLY DOES. A WEAK DISTURBANCE INDICATED ON THE WV IMAGERY HAS
CROSSED WRN CO INTO THE CNTRL CO MOUNTAINS. THIS FEATURE WILL MOVE
INTO SRN PNHDLE BY 21Z AND SHOULD INITIATE TSTMS SOON AFTER. HAVE
AGAIN PLACED HIGHEST 30 POPS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 FROM
21Z-03Z. ANOTHER AREA OF POPS NEAR 30 PERCENT WILL BE NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 20 IN NCTRL NEBR WHICH WILL BE IN VICINITY OF ANOTHER SUBTLE
BOUNDARY. TAPERED POPS OFF TO SLIGHT CHC JUST FOR THE NERN HALF OF
FORECAST AREA AFTER 06Z AS MOST OF ACTIVITY SHOULD BE DIMINISHING.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON POTENTIALLY LOOKS TO BE THE WARMEST DAY...DUE TO
MORE MID LEVEL WARMING. USING H7 TEMPS AT OR BELOW 13C AS A
REFERENCE FOR WHERE LONGER SUSTAINED UPDRAFTS MAY OCCUR...INDICATED
SLIGHTLY COOLER AREA NEAR SFC BOUNDARY ACROSS FAR NRN NEBR NEAR CODY
IN CHERRY COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH OSHKOSH AND BIG SPRINGS. THIS WILL BE
THE FAVORED AREA FOR SCATTERED TSTMS NEAR BOUNDARY. POPS NEAR 30
PERCENT FOR AREAS MAINLY WEST OF KANW THROUGH KLBF.

BEST TSTM CHCS WILL FOCUS ON THUR AFTN THROUGH THUR NIGHT. MID LEVEL
COOLING CAUSED BY S/V THROUGH AND H7 TEMPS COOLING TO BELOW 12C IS
SUGGESTIVE OF MORE WIDESPREAD SUSTAINED UPDRAFTS. PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUED PEAK OUT NEAR 1.75 TO 2 INCHES NEAR AND NORTH OF SFC FRONT.
GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING LG HAIL...WIND DMG AND
EVEN FLASH FLOODING WILL BE PRESENT THURSDAY AFTN AND THUR NIGHT.
POPS AT THIS JUNCTURE RANGE FROM 40 TO 54 PERCENT. LIKELY POPS COULD
HAVE BEEN ADDED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST...HOWEVER PREFER TO WAIT DUE TO
DIFFERING SFC FRONT POSITIONS BTWN THE GFS AND NAM.

SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THIS SYSTEM AND WEAK RIDGING DEVELOPING OVER THE
HIGH PLAINS BY FRIDAY NIGHT IS SUGGESTIVE OF MAINLY A SLIGHT CHC FOR
TSTMS FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A COOLDOWN INTO THE UPPER 80S FRIDAY
WILL BRING A WARMUP BACK INTO THE LOWER AND MID 90S BY SUNDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY. THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON WHETHER A COLD FRONT WILL
PASS ACROSS SUNDAY NIGHT WITH COOLER MONDAY. GFS CONTINUES TO
MAINTAIN A CLOSED LOW ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS SUNDAY/SUNDAY
NIGHT...WHILE THE ECMWF IS MORE SUBTLE.
&&

.AVIATION...

VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS TERMINALS KLBF AND KVTN TONIGHT.
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM FROM 21Z TO
03Z EAST OF THE PANHANDLE THAT COULD BRING BRIEF LOCALIZED STRONG
WINDS. OTHERWISE CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AOB 5KFT AS STORMS
MOVE ACROSS WITH LOCALIZED 1SM TSRA AS STORMS MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH
THE EVENING.

&&

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

ROBERG/KECK

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 2:32 PM MDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
332 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-162045-
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-
332 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008 /232 PM MDT TUE JUL 15 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT IN WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SEVERAL BOUNDARIES EXIST ACROSS THE
AREA...WHICH WILL HELP TO FOCUS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. ALTHOUGH
ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN APPEARS TO BE
ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR BUTTE IN BOYD
COUNTY...SOUTHWEST THROUGH MULLEN IN HOOKER COUNTY...THEN FURTHER
SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE OGALLALA AREA IN KEITH COUNTY. LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED
TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY.

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS
A COLD FRONT SLOWLY SAGS SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA. HEAVY RAIN...WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

WITH THE FRONT FLUCTUATING NORTH AND SOUTH FRIDAY THROUGH
MONDAY...THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

&&

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

TAYLOR

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 15, 6:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
739 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

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

0715 PM     HAIL             3 E BASSETT             42.58N 99.48W
07/15/2008  E0.88 INCH       ROCK               NE   PUBLIC

&&

MBYRD

Local storm report, Jul 15, 6:49 PM MDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
749 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

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

0749 PM     HAIL             5 SSE JOHNSTOWN         42.51N 100.02W
07/15/2008  E1.00 INCH       BROWN              NE   PUBLIC

&&

TKECK

Local storm report, Jul 15, 7:02 PM MDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
802 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

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

0749 PM     HAIL             3 S LONG PINE           42.49N 99.70W
07/15/2008  E0.75 INCH       BROWN              NE   PUBLIC

&&

TKECK

Local storm report, Jul 15, 7:27 PM MDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
827 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

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

0815 PM     HAIL             4 S LONG PINE           42.48N 99.70W
07/15/2008  E1.00 INCH       BROWN              NE   PUBLIC

&&

TKECK

Local storm report, Jul 15, 7:36 PM MDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
836 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

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

0750 PM     HAIL             6 N ARTHUR              41.66N 101.69W
07/15/2008  E0.88 INCH       ARTHUR             NE   PUBLIC

0720 PM     HAIL             4 W OGALLALA            41.13N 101.80W
07/15/2008  E0.88 INCH       KEITH              NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BHIRSCH

Local storm report, Jul 15, 7:37 PM MDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
837 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

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

0712 PM     HAIL             BASSETT                 42.58N 99.54W
07/15/2008  E1.00 INCH       ROCK               NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

BHIRSCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 6:08 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Arthur, Grant	37 min
Jul 15, 6:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown	47 min
Jul 15, 6:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Rock	46 min
Jul 15, 6:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	39 min
Jul 15, 6:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Keith, Perkins	37 min
Jul 15, 6:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Rock	34 min
Jul 15, 6:49 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Arthur, Grant	41 min
Jul 15, 6:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown	33 min
Jul 15, 7:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Rock	44 min
Jul 15, 7:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	27 min
Jul 15, 7:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	18 min
Jul 15, 7:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown	42 min
Jul 15, 7:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Rock	27 min
Jul 15, 8:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	24 min
Jul 15, 8:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	33 min
Jul 15, 8:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Wheeler	19 min
Jul 15, 10:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	27 min
Jul 15, 10:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	29 min
Jul 16, 3:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	62 min
Jul 16, 4:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	62 min
Jul 16, 4:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel, Garden	19 min
Jul 16, 4:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	65 min
Jul 16, 5:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Grant, Hooker, Thomas	55 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.