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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 432, NWS North Platte, NE

August 12, 2008Cherry County, Grant County, Hooker County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2008, 7:55 PM MDT for Cherry County, Grant County, Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 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 12, 2008, 7:55 PM MDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired: Aug 12, 2008, 8:45 PM MDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cherry County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE

The radar

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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 Aug 12, 1:58 PM MDT, 5 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 1:58 PM MDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 2:21 PM MDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
321 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-132030-
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-
321 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008 /221 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT. THE GREATEST RISK WILL BE ACROSS THE
PANHANDLE AND EAST TO HIGHWAY 61 FROM MERRIMAN TO IMPERIAL.
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE HIGH BASED CREATING A HIGHER
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AS STORMS MOVE OFF THE HIGH
PLAINS.

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

AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND AS A LARGE
UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES SOUTH...STALLING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS
THIS WEEKEND. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY DURING THE
PERIOD...WITH THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY. AT
THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS WEST OF A
LINE FROM BASSETT TO ANSLEY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL
BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN THE FAR WEST
TONIGHT...GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 61.

&&

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

KECK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 12, 2:48 PM MDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
348 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008

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

1140 PM     HAIL             2 E MOOREFIELD          40.69N 100.36W
08/11/2008  E1.00 INCH       FRONTIER           NE   PUBLIC

            PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS CAUSED SOME
            CROP DAMAGE.

&&

CARMEL

Local storm report, Aug 12, 7:20 PM MDT, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 12, 7:48 PM MDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 12, 7:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	66 min
Aug 12, 8:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hooker, McPherson	48 min
Aug 13, 9:22 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Rock	38 min
Aug 13, 9:25 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Loup	50 min
Aug 13, 4:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	57 min
Aug 13, 5:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	55 min
Aug 13, 5:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keya Paha	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.