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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS North Platte, NE

July 17, 2009Hayes County, Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2009, 10:45 AM CDT for Hayes County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 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: Jul 17, 2009, 10:45 AM CDT (15:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2009, 11:30 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hayes County, NE, Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 46 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: 11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -268 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 Jul 17, 3:45 AM CDT, 7 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 3:45 AM CDT, 7 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
345 AM CDT FRI JUL 17 2009

.DISCUSSION...
RIDGE HAS BEGUN TO AMPLIFY OVER THE WESTERN CONUS...WHILE TROF
DIGS TO THE EAST. SURFACE HIGH OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS...WHILE A
WEAK STALLING BOUNDARY DRAPED OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...INTO
CENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BLOSSOMED AGAIN OVER THE
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS MORNING.

TODAY...BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY...AND COOLER
AIR ALOFT TO KEEP STEEP LAPSE RATES ALONG THE BOUNDARY. MODELS IN
AGREEMENT OF CONVECTION CONTINUING THROUGH DAY AS AN UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE...HOWEVER EXPECT IT TO BE ISOLD TO SCT IN
COVERAGE. THIS WILL MAKE TEMPERATURES DIFFICULT AS WE GO UP AND
DOWN GOING IN AND OUT OF CLOUDS. HAVE GONE IN THE MIDDLE OF
GUIDANCE...AROUND 80.

TONIGHT TO SEE LITTLE CHANGE WITH SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THE MAIN
FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL AS BOUNDARY REMAINS. SURFACE HIGH
WILL DRIFT SOUTH OVERNIGHT AND WILL TRY AND PUSH BOUNDARY INTO
WESTERN KS. THIS IS EXPECTED TO PUSH CONVECTION SOUTH OF THE
FORECAST AREA FOR SATURDAY. THEN WITH PEAK HEAT FAR SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED STORMS LATE IN THE DAY...ALTHOUGH
CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON ANYTHING MAKING IT THIS FAR EAST.

BY SUNDAY THE RIDGE WILL EXPAND A LITTLE TO THE EAST...AND BRING
HIGHS CLOSER TO 90 DEGREES INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK. ACTIVE
NW FLOW PATTERN TO CONTINUE WITH A COUPLE OF WAVES TO MOVE SE
ACROSS THE AREA. WITH EACH PASSING WAVE SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED.
TIMING WILL BECOME MORE DEFINITE AS WE APPROACH THE FIRST OF THE
WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...
SCATTERED TSTMS ONGOING FROM SERN PNHDL ACROSS WCTRL AND SWRN NEBR
ATTM. ACTIVITY FAVORED TO PERSIST TODAY. SO FAR...TSTMS HAVE MOVE TO
WITHIN VCNTY OF KLBF BUT HAVE NOT YET IMPACTED AIRPORT DIRECTLY.
FEEL THAT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS A FEW STORMS WILL PASS KLBF.
CIGS AND VSBY SHOULD REMAIN VFR...ALTHOUGH BRIEF MVFR FROM TSTMS
PSBL. WINDS TO REMAIN LIGHT AND VARIABLE FOR KLBF EXCEPT NEAR TSTMS
ALSO LIGHT AND VARIABLE FOR KVTN.

&&

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

&&

SHORT TERM/EXTENDED...MASEK
AVIATION...ROBERG

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 7:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
755 AM CDT FRI JUL 17 2009

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-181300-
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-
755 AM CDT FRI JUL 17 2009 /655 AM MDT FRI JUL 17 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON WEST
OF A LINE FROM MERRIMAN THROUGH OCONTO. SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN WITH A FEW POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.

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

THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
AS HIGHER HUMIDITY LEVELS MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION FROM THE
SOUTH. THE TIME FRAME FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO BE THE MOST NUMEROUS
AND POSSIBLY SEVERE WILL BE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT AS A
COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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

KAR

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 17, 9:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
936 AM CDT FRI JUL 17 2009

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

0923 AM     HAIL             7 W NORTH PLATTE        41.13N 100.91W
07/17/2009  E1.00 INCH       LINCOLN            NE   PUBLIC

&&

BTAYLOR

Local storm report, Jul 17, 10:05 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1005 AM CDT FRI JUL 17 2009

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

0958 AM     HAIL             7 N PAXTON              41.23N 101.36W
07/17/2009  E1.00 INCH       KEITH              NE   PUBLIC

&&

BTAYLOR

Local storm report, Jul 17, 10:13 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1013 AM CDT FRI JUL 17 2009

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

1004 AM     HAIL             5 NE PAXTON             41.18N 101.29W
07/17/2009  E1.00 INCH       KEITH              NE   PUBLIC

            HAIL LASTED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES. MOST HAIL STONES
            WERE NICKEL SIZE...BUT SOME WERE AS LARGE AS QUARTERS.

&&

CJS

Local storm report, Jul 17, 10:19 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1019 AM CDT FRI JUL 17 2009

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

1010 AM     HAIL             5 ESE ARTHUR            41.54N 101.60W
07/17/2009  E0.25 INCH       ARTHUR             NE   PUBLIC

            PEA SIZE HAIL.

&&

CJS

Local storm report, Jul 17, 10:30 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1030 AM CDT FRI JUL 17 2009

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

1010 AM     HAIL             7 SE ARTHUR             41.50N 101.60W
07/17/2009  E0.88 INCH       ARTHUR             NE   PUBLIC

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN.

&&

CJS

Local storm report, Jul 17, 10:42 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1042 AM CDT FRI JUL 17 2009

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

1011 AM     HAIL             SARBEN                  41.16N 101.30W
07/17/2009  E1.00 INCH       KEITH              NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BTAYLOR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 4:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Garden, Grant	32 min
Jul 17, 5:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Perkins	58 min
Jul 17, 9:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	45 min
Jul 17, 9:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln	44 min
Jul 17, 10:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Keith	39 min
Jul 17, 10:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln, Perkins	44 min
Jul 17, 10:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	50 min
Jul 17, 10:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith	46 min
Jul 17, 11:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Perkins	47 min
Jul 17, 11:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hayes, Lincoln	40 min
Jul 17, 11:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Keith	44 min
Jul 17, 11:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hayes	33 min
Jul 17, 11:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Perkins	47 min
Jul 17, 12:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hayes, Lincoln	40 min
Jul 17, 12:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Perkins	49 min
Jul 17, 12:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase	51 min
Jul 17, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Perkins	40 min
Jul 17, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase	47 min
Jul 17, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Grant	50 min
Jul 17, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Garden	51 min
Jul 17, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Keith	47 min
Jul 17, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Garden, Keith	38 min
Jul 17, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel, Garden, Keith	48 min
Jul 17, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Perkins	49 min
Jul 17, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Perkins	47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.