Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 399, NWS North Platte, NE

August 11, 2008Boyd County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2008, 2:47 PM CDT for Boyd County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 2008, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2008, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Boyd County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2008-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 161 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2008-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -47 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
161 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 Aug 11, 2:30 AM CDT, 12 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 2:30 AM CDT, 12 hours 17 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 5:52 AM CDT, 8 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
552 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2008

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-121100-
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-
552 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2008 /452 AM MDT MON AUG 11 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT
OVER NEARLY ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A SURFACE
FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH AND INTERACTING WITH VERY MOIST
AND UNSTABLE AIR IS LIKELY TO TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
WIND PROFILES IN THE LOWER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FAVOR AT LEAST
ISOLATED SUPER CELL DEVELOPMENT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN WEDNESDAY IN
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
ALONG A SURFACE FRONT WILL BE THE SYSTEM TO INITIATE A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
HOWEVER...THE MOST UNSTABLE CONDITIONS IS LIKELY TO BE SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA. ALTHOUGH THERE IS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE
LOCATION OF SEVERE WEATHER...THE LATEST FORECAST SIMULATIONS
INDICATE THAT IT WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 80
AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83.

OTHERWISE...THERE IS AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
EACH DAY THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT AND AGAIN
WEDNESDAY.

&&

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

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd43 min
Aug 11, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan38 min
Aug 11, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, McPherson34 min
Aug 11, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry52 min
Aug 11, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan32 min
Aug 11, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeya Paha42 min
Aug 11, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan37 min
Aug 11, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan45 min
Aug 11, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan47 min
Aug 11, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha45 min
Aug 11, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd44 min
Aug 11, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry38 min
Aug 11, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Brown38 min
Aug 11, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry43 min
Aug 11, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Hooker, Thomas39 min
Aug 11, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Grant, Sheridan37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.