Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS North Platte, NE

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 290421
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1121 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2008

NEC069-290445-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-080529T0445Z/
GARDEN NE-
1021 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHERN GARDEN COUNTY...

AT 1019 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OSHKOSH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLUEWATER BATTLEFIELD STATE HISTORICAL PARK AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF LEWELLEN BY 1030 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 4174 10206 4129 10209 4121 10245 4121 10259
      4128 10262 4139 10261 4140 10263 4144 10263
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 232DEG 35KT 4137 10232

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000 
WWUS53 KLBF 290442
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1140 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2008

NEC069-290450-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-080529T0445Z/
GARDEN NE-
1040 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GARDEN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1145 PM CDT/1045 PM MDT/...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT EAST CENTRAL GARDEN COUNTY BY 11 PM 
MDT...AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND 
HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH 
PLATTE. 

LAT...LON 4174 10206 4129 10209 4121 10245 4121 10259
      4128 10262 4139 10261 4140 10263 4144 10263
TIME...MOT...LOC 0440Z 232DEG 35KT 4148 10212

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
858 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2008

.UPDATE...
JUST UPDATED THE GRIDS AND ZONE PACKAGE FOR MENTION OF FOG
OVERNIGHT. SERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO PUSH MID 50 DEGREE DEW POINTS
INTO CENTRAL NEBR. WITH TEMPS FLAT LINING THE REST OF TONIGHT...AND
INCREASED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTION...FOG LOOKS LIKE A GOOD BET
TO PERSIST OVERNIGHT. CONVECTION FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING ALONG THE
FRONT RANGES OF WYOMING AND COLORADO...HAS PUSHED EAST INTO THE
PANHANDLE. ONGOING FCST HAS THE OVERNIGHT CHANCES FOR PCPN WELL IN
HAND...AS ELEVATED INSTABILITY INCREASES OVERNIGHT...AS DOES THE LOW
LEVEL JET.

&&

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS...ISSUED AT
320 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2008

.DISCUSSION...

TONIGHT...A 50 KT LLJ DEVELOPS...WHILE A PLUME OF STEEP MID LVL
LAPSE RATES BEGINS TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION IN RESPONSE TO
INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY MID LVL FLOW. 800-700 MB LAYER MUCAPES
RANGE FROM 800-1200 J/KG OF MUCAPE GENERALLY BTWN INTERSTATE 80
NORTH TO HYWS 2 AND 91. THIS WILL TRIGGER ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS
TONIGHT. NAM NOW GENERATING APPRECIABLE QPFS ACROSS CNTRL SANDHILLS
WITH PWS AOA 1.25 INCHES FROM ONSET OF CONVECTION. ALTHOUGH HEAVY
RAINFALL NOT ANTICIPATED...RAINFALL OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCHES ARE QUITE
LIKELY WITH LOCALLY 3/4 INCHES OR HIGHER. DUE TO NEARLY SATURATED
GROUND...MINOR RUNOFF MAY OCCUR IN THE HEAVIER RAINFALL AREAS.
STRATUS TO PERSIST.

STORMS MAY LINGER IN EAST THROUGH MID-DAY THURSDAY. BUT EXPECT A
GENERAL LULL IN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY BEFORE THE WESTERN IMPULSE
REACHES THE AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. BOUNDARIES RESIDING FROM
TONIGHTS CONVECTION AND SPEED OF STRATUS DEPARTURE WILL BE CRUCIAL
TO WHERE SURFACE BASED CONVECTION WILL INITIATE. CONSENSUS OF MODEL
FCSTS THURSDAY AFTERNOON DEPICT A SFC LOW DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST
COLORADO...WITH AN INVERTED TROUGH EXTENDING NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA...AND A WARM FRONT ARCHING NORTHEAST FROM THE LOW INTO
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. SFC HEATING WILL ENSUE FIRST IN SWRN NEBR AND
BUILD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CWA...ALLOWING RELATIVELY HOT SOUTHWEST
SFC FLOW TO DEVELOP. EXCEPTION APPEARS TO BE NORTHERN/NORTHEASTERN
COUNTIES...WHERE LOW LVL CLOUDINESS/HIGHER BOUNDARY LAYER RH NEAR
WARM FRONT WILL RESIDE. MID/UPPER 80S SHOULD DEVELOP ACROSS THE SFC
WARM SECTOR IN SWRN NEBR...WHILE LOW 80S WILL RESIDE NORTH AND EAST.

STRONG BOUNDARY LAYER DESTABILIZATION IS FCST TO TAKE PLACE ALONG AN
OSHKOSH THROUGH HAYES CENTER LINE BY AROUND 21Z. THIS WILL COINCIDE
WITH THE APPROACH OF THE LOW AMPLITUDE MID/UPR LVL S/W TROUGH OVER
THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. VERY STEEP MID LVL LAPSE RATES GREATER THAN
8 DEG C/KM AND UPR 50S/LOW 60S DEWPOINTS WILL YIELD
LARGE MLCAPE VALUES AOB 2000 J/KG. NORTHEASTERN AREAS WILL REMAIN
CAPPED. THEREFORE...EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE
MID/LATE AFTERNOON OVER THE SWRN PORTION OF THE CWA...AND THEN
SPREAD EAST DURING THE EVENING. MODERATELY STRONG 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR
40-60 KT AND LARGE INSTABILITY WOULD FAVOR SUPERCELLS. HOW TONIGHTS
CONVECTION PLAYS OUT WRT A BOUNDARY FOR THU AND AMOUNT AND SPEED OF
STRATUS CLEARING WILL BE CRITICAL TO SEVERE CONVECTION COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY. NAM ALSO LACKING BACKED SFC WINDS TO LIMIT SUPERCELL
POTENTIAL WHILE TO GFS FAVORING BACKED WINDS ACROSS
LINCOLN..HAYES...FRONTIER NORTHEAST INTO CUSTER COUNTY. AS WE HEAD
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...60-70 KT LLJ IS FCST TO MATERIALIZE...AND
THIS WILL LIKELY MAINTAIN CONVECTION  STORMS CONGEAL INTO A
NOCTURNAL MCS OR TWO. IT SHOULD ALSO BE STATED THAT FLASH FLOODING
MAY BE THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT DUE TO SATURATED GROUND
AND LOW FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE. COUNTIES MOST AT RISK FOR FLASH
FLOODING ARE HAYES...FRONTIER...LINCOLN...CUSTER...AND HOLT COUNTY.

ON FRIDAY...MAINLY DRY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S.
ONLY A SLIGHT CHC FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR NRN COUNTIES.

ON SATURDAY...MID/UPR LVL RIDGE AXIS IS FCST TO SHIFT OUT ONTO THE
HIGH PLAINS...WITH LEE SFC TROUGH BEGINNING TO DEVELOP. UPR LVL
PATTERN THEN TRANSITIONS TO MODERATELY FAST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW. AS
MOISTURE TRANSPORT STRENGTHS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA.
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN APPEAR POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT.

BEYOND...GFS THEN INDICATES HIGHER DEWPOINTS BEING DRAWN WESTWARD
DUE TO UPSLOPE FLOW. MAINTAINED PREVIOUS GOING POPS WITH HIGHEST
CHCS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

&&

.AVIATION...

A STRATUS DECK OF LOW CLOUDS LOOK TO REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT AND INTO AT LEAST THE
EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS ON THURSDAY. THESE CLOUDS ARE BEING HELD IN
PLACE BY HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH OF THE GREAT LAKES. LOW
PRESSURE WILL BE STRENGTHENING ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS AND PUSH INTO
WESTERN NEBRASKA...AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ERODING THE LOW CLOUDS
ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MVFR/IFR CIGS
SHOULD TREND TOWARD LIFR/IFR DURING THE LATER EVENING HOURS WITH
SOME ADDITIONAL RESTRICTION TO VSBYS COMING FROM SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE PANHANDLE...SANDHILLS AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. VFR
CONDITION MAY RETURN TO THE WEST OF HIGHWAY 61 THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...BUT THIS MAY BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON WHAT EFFECT THE
OVERNIGHT CONVECTION MAY HAVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE OVERNIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN HAIL THAT WOULD BE HAZARDOUS TO LIGHT
AIRCRAFT AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED.

&&

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

KAR/13/CLB

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
348 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2008

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-292100-
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-
348 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2008 /248 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED DURING THE LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO RETURN QUICKLY ON STRONG
LOW LEVEL WINDS WHICH WILL HELP FUEL THESE STORMS. SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

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

THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
QUITE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA...ROUGHLY NORTH AND EAST OF ALLIANCE AND NORTH PLATTE
INCLUDING VALENTINE...AINSWORTH...ONEILL AND BROKEN BOW. THIS AREA
IS SUBJECT TO REVISION AS THE CONVECTION DURING THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS MAY HAVE A LARGE IMPACT ON STORM DEVELOPMENT LATER IN THE
AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT WILL COME FROM LARGE HAIL...WIND
DAMAGE...INTENSE RAINFALL AND FLOODING. ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD
FORM IN THE VERY STRONGEST STORMS.

LATE SUNDAY...CONDITIONS COULD BECOME FAVORABLE ONCE AGAIN FOR
SEVERE WEATHER. WINDS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BE QUITE STRONG
SUPPORTING STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...WIND DAMAGE AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...
HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/LBF(ALL LOWERCASE)

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