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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS North Platte, NE

June 26, 2009Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2009, 6:19 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 56 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: Jun 26, 2009, 6:19 PM MDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2009, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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
Jun 26, 2:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 26, 3:50 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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: 1324 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2431 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 357 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 270019
SVRLBF
NEC031-270115-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0190.090627T0019Z-090627T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
619 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT/815 PM CDT/

* AT 618 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 20 AND
  IRWIN ROAD TO 8 MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 61 CROSSING THE SNAKE RIVER
  TO WHITMAN ROAD CROSSING THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE MIDDLE LOUP
  RIVER...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES EAST OF GORDON TO
  35 MILES EAST OF GORDON TO 24 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHWAY 61 CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER BY 630 PM MDT...
  MEDICINE LAKE AND MERRIMAN BY 635 PM MDT...
  SPECKEL MEIR LAKE BY 640 PM MDT...
  ELI BY 650 PM MDT...
  SCHOOLHOUSE LAKE BY 655 PM MDT...
  STEER CREEK CAMPGROUND BY 710 PM MDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY
EVENING/1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING/ FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

&&

LAT...LON 4298 10059 4209 10150 4210 10203 4275 10206
      4299 10169
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 210DEG 38KT 4279 10186 4263 10155
          4212 10150

$$

SPRINGER

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 270041
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
641 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009

NEC031-270115-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0190.000000T0000Z-090627T0115Z/
CHERRY NE-
641 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM
MDT/815 PM CDT/ FOR WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 639 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF SCHOOLHOUSE LAKE...OR 39 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
VALENTINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ANDERSON BRIDGE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 705 PM MDT...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF CROOKSTON BY 815 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY
EVENING/1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING/ FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

&&

LAT...LON 4298 10059 4209 10150 4210 10203 4275 10206
      4299 10169
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 238DEG 43KT 4262 10120

$$

SPRINGER

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 Jun 26, 3:59 PM MDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 3:59 PM MDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
459 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009

.UPDATE...

UPDATED FOR TORNADO WATCH
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 340 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009/

UPDATE...
UPDATED TO ADD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 303 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009/

SYNOPSIS...
H5 RIDGE INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS WITH TROUGH TO THE WEST. POTENT
WAVE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE TROUGH SEEN IN VISIBLE.

DISCUSSION...

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE PROGRESSION OF THE FRONT THIS
EVENING.40+ KT LLJ DEVELOPS AND FEEDS MOISTURE NORTH INTO THE
ADVANCING FRONT. TDS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S WITH A 72 NOTED AT
LEXINGTON. ATMOSPHERE IS WELL MIXED THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTION
FIRING ALONG THE FRONT OVER SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND ALONG THE TROUGH
AXIS OVER EASTERN WYOMING. MUCAPES QUITE STRONG FROM SOUTHWEST
INTO NORTH CENTRAO NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON BUT FAIRLY STRONG CAP
OVER SOUTWEST. LOOK FOR CONVECTION TO FIRE OVER NORTH CENTRAL
ALONG REMAINS OF STATIONARY BOUNDARY AND THEN TO HIFT TO THE WEST
ALONG PREFRONTAL TROUGH AND THEN FRONTAL BOUNDARY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SATURDAY WILL CLEAR OUT AND COOLER WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDING INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA. LOW TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY
MORNING INTO THE 50S. GRADUAL WARMING INTO THE MID UPPER 80S ON
SUNDAY AS H5 RIDGE TRIES TO BUILD BACK INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

THE EXTENDED MODELS ARE NOT IN GOOD AGREEMENT THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE
USED A BLEND FOR THE FORECAST. NEXT SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AND HAVE RETAINED SCHC POPS. HAVE
INCLUDED SCHC POPS FOR THURSDAY FRIDAY AS A STRONG SYSTEM DROPS
OUT OF NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. HIGHS COOLING INTO
THE MID 80S TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD.

AVIATION...
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE THE MAJOR AVIATION IMPACT
AND FORECAST FOCUS THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND INTO SOUTH DAKOTA BETWEEN 20Z AND 23Z AND
THEN MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA. A SECOND ROUND OF STORMS IS
THEN EXPECTED AFTER 0Z IN THE EVENING. A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL
TURN SOUTHERLY WINDS TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. GENERALLY VFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND AREAWIDE AFTER
8Z.

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
NEZ004>006-008-022>026-035>037-056>059-069-070-094.

SHORT TERM/EXTENDED...POWER
AVIATION...HIRSCH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 2:49 PM MDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED FOR SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
349 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-272045-
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-
339 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009 /239 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A BROAD SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA WILL
PROVIDE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING. AN AXIS
OF HIGHER SURFACE DEW POINTS EXTENDS ALONG AN OLD SURFACE BOUNDARY...
NEAR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIALLY BE CAPABLE OF HAIL AND DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORM WINDS...AND PERHAPS TORNADIC ACTIVITY...ESPECIALLY
WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 AND NEAR THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED SURFACE BOUNDARY.

BY LATE EVENING...THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM
LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. THIS THREAT AREA
COVERS THE ENTIRE AREA AS ABUNDANT MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE. HEAVY
RAINS MAY NOT LEAD TO WIDESPREAD FLOODING HOWEVER GIVEN THE
FORECAST STORM MOTION OF EAST AT 25 KNOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. THE NEXT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS COMES MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT THIS
TIME...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

&&

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

HIRSCH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 4:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
542 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009

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

0541 PM     HAIL             1 N BRULE               41.11N 101.89W
06/26/2009  E1.00 INCH       KEITH              NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NICKLE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH OF
            BRULE.

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
607 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009

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

0600 PM     HAIL             2 SE LEMOYNE            41.26N 101.77W
06/26/2009  E4.25 INCH       KEITH              NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            5 MINUTES OF HALF DOLLAR HAIL WITH SOME HAIL THE SIZE OF
            SOFTBALLS.

&&

BHIRSCH

Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:37 PM MDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
637 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009

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

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E LEMOYNE             41.29N 101.78W
06/26/2009                   KEITH              NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NORTH SIDE OF LAKE MCCONAUGHY SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN.
            ONE CAMPER BLOWN OVER AT CAMP GROUND.

&&

BHIRSCH

Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:39 PM MDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
639 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009

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

0637 PM     HAIL             22 NNE LISCO            41.79N 102.46W
06/26/2009  E1.00 INCH       GARDEN             NE   PUBLIC

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:41 PM MDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
641 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009

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

0640 PM     TSTM WND GST     OSHKOSH                 41.41N 102.34W
06/26/2009  E50 MPH          GARDEN             NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

JSWEET

Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:50 PM MDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
650 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009

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

0638 PM     TSTM WND GST     8 N CHAPPELL            41.21N 102.47W
06/26/2009  E60 MPH          DEUEL              NE   PUBLIC

&&

BTAYLOR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 6:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Grant, Hooker, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Thomas	30 min
Jun 26, 6:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase	38 min
Jun 26, 6:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Cherry, Hooker, Thomas	67 min
Jun 26, 6:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Perkins	46 min
Jun 26, 6:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hayes, Lincoln	42 min
Jun 26, 6:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith	43 min
Jun 26, 6:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	44 min
Jun 26, 7:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	56 min
Jun 26, 7:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Hooker, Thomas	59 min
Jun 26, 7:16 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Lincoln	29 min
Jun 26, 7:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock	64 min
Jun 26, 7:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson	63 min
Jun 26, 8:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hooker, Logan, Thomas	24 min
Jun 26, 8:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	47 min
Jun 26, 8:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Custer, Hooker, Rock and 1 more	53 min
Jun 26, 8:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock	23 min
Jun 26, 8:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Loup, Rock	52 min
Jun 26, 8:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock	55 min
Jun 26, 9:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock, Wheeler	59 min
Jun 26, 9:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Keya Paha, Rock	12 min
Jun 26, 9:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.