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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS North Platte, NE

May 29, 2008Holt County, Loup County, Rock County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2008, 5:59 PM CDT for Holt County, Loup County, Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 2008, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Holt County, NE, Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 29, 6:16 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	13 Ene Rose, NE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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
May 29, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 791 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -191 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 292259
SVRLBF
NEC089-115-149-292345-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0076.080529T2259Z-080529T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
559 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHWESTERN LOUP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHERN ROCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 558 PM CDT...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 7 MILES
  EAST OF ROSE...OR 27 MILES NORTH OF TAYLOR...AND MOVING EAST AT 36
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES SOUTH OF BROWN LAKE BY 615 PM CDT...
  SWAN LAKE BY 630 PM CDT...
  AMELIA BY 635 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4252 9892 4233 9882 4215 9889 4200 9966
      4225 9965
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 258DEG 32KT 4216 9939

$$

GARNER

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 292320
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
620 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

NEC089-115-149-292345-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-080529T2345Z/
LOUP NE-ROCK NE-HOLT NE-
620 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN HOLT...SOUTHERN ROCK AND NORTHWESTERN LOUP
COUNTIES...

AT 616 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF SWAN LAKE...OR 28 MILES NORTH OF BURWELL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 51 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AMELIA BY 630 PM CDT...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 11 MILE MARKER 140 BY 635 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4252 9892 4233 9882 4215 9889 4200 9966
      4225 9965
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 236DEG 44KT 4222 9914

$$

GARNER

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 May 29, 2:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
255 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

.DISCUSSION...

INITIAL STRONG CONVECTION HAS BEGUN IN HITCHCOCK COUNTY INTO HAYES
COUNTY. TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WRN AND NCTRL UNTIL
02-03Z. A SFC LOW IN NERN CO IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN NEAR THE TRI
STATE BORDER WITH BACKED SFC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR AND EAST OF HWY 83
EAST ACROSS SRN CUSTER COUNTY. AN INVERTED TROUGH EXTENDING
NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...AND A WARM FRONT ARCHING
NORTHEAST FROM THE LOW INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

MODERATELY STRONG 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR 40-60 KT AND LARGE INSTABILITY
WILL DICTATE SUPERCELLS. THESE CELLS SHOULD CONGEAL INTO AN MCS OR
TWO WITH FLASH FLOODING A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NERN
COUNTIES. THE UPPER ELKHORN BASIN RECEIVED AS MUCH AS 2-4 INCHES AND
THE ELKHORN NEAR ONEILL WAS ALREADY OUT OF BANK THIS MORNING WITH
SUBSTANTIALLY STANDING WATER. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL THIS
EVENING COULD MAKE FLOODING SIGNIFICANT AND WILL NEED TO MONITOR
CLOSELY.

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...WX WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED AS UPPER RIDGE TO OUR SOUTH IS
FLATTENED BY FAST MID AND UPPER FLOW ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS. FREQUENT
RIDGE RUNNER DISTURBANCES WITH BE FAVORABLE FOR NOCTURNAL MCS
DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT AND POSSIBLE FLASH
FLOODING. SEVERE CONVECTIVE THREAT WILL BECOME BETTER DEFINES AS THE
DAYS APPROACH.

&&

.AVIATION...

CIGS HAVE LIFTED TO VFR CONDITIONS OVER A MAJORITY OF THE
REGION...WITH THE EXCEPTION OVER FAR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
POINTS EAST WHERE MVFR CONDITIONS ARE PERSISTING WITH CIG HGHTS.
IFR/MVFR AND ISOLATED LIFR CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE OVER THE
REGION THIS EVENING AS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
VERY GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL TRACK ACROSS
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. FLIGHT CONDITIONS WILL BE QUITE
DANGEROUS NEAR THESE STORMS AND SHOULD BE WELL AVOIDED. AS THE
CONVECTIVE SYSTEM MOVES EAST BY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...VFR
CONDITIONS SHOULD BE IN PLACE THROUGH FRIDAY.

&&

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

KAR/13

Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 3:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
346 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-302100-
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-
346 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 /246 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT AREA FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER
WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR HAYES CENTER...TO NORTH
PLATTE...TO ARNOLD...TO BASSETT. IN THIS AREA VERY LARGE HAIL TO
THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...ISOLATED TORNADOES...DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS...AND FLOODING RAINS ARE LIKELY. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS SITUATION...PLEASE BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.

AREAS WEST OF THIS LINE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE
MORE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED...WITH THE MAIN THREAT COMING IN
THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
LATER OUTLOOKS WILL REFINE DETAILS CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
POTENTIAL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN
AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND ARE ASKED TO REMAIN ALERT AND READY
FOR ACTIVATION THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

&&

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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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 5:10 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
510 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

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

0455 PM     HAIL             20 N ELLSWORTH          42.35N 102.29W
05/29/2008  E1.00 INCH       SHERIDAN           NE   PUBLIC

&&

CARMEL

Local storm report, May 29, 5:18 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
518 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

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

0517 PM     HAIL             4 S LONG PINE           42.48N 99.70W
05/29/2008  E1.75 INCH       BROWN              NE   PUBLIC

&&

MBYRD

Local storm report, May 29, 5:39 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
539 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

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

0537 PM     HAIL             BASSETT                 42.58N 99.54W
05/29/2008  M1.00 INCH       ROCK               NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CARMEL

Local storm report, May 29, 5:53 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
553 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

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

0549 PM     HAIL             6 SW ROSE               42.11N 99.61W
05/29/2008  E1.00 INCH       ROCK               NE   PUBLIC

&&

MBYRD

Local storm report, May 29, 5:55 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
555 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

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

0545 PM     HAIL             27 NNE HYANNIS          42.36N 101.56W
05/29/2008  E0.88 INCH       CHERRY             NE   PUBLIC

&&

MBYRD

Local storm report, May 29, 5:56 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
556 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

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

0545 PM     HAIL             22 NNE HYANNIS          42.29N 101.60W
05/29/2008  E0.88 INCH       CHERRY             NE   PUBLIC

&&

MBYRD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	39 min
May 29, 1:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Holt, Rock	4 hr
May 29, 9:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LBF	Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Custer, Frontier, Garfield and 8 more	18 hr
May 29, 10:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LBF	Holt, Rock	53 hr
May 29, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes	43 min
May 29, 3:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Frontier	51 min
May 29, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln	44 min
May 29, 3:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Frontier	6 hr
May 29, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln	44 min
May 29, 3:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Frontier	27 min
May 29, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	52 min
May 29, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes	56 min
May 29, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown	49 min
May 29, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	42 min
May 29, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Rock	38 min
May 29, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	32 min
May 29, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown	47 min
May 29, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Loup, Rock	38 min
May 29, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock	22 min
May 29, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	45 min
May 29, 5:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Holt	6 hr
May 29, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	40 min
May 29, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	44 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.