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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 320, NWS North Platte, NE

July 23, 2009Chase County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2009, 4:59 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports 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: Jul 23, 2009, 4:59 PM MDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2009, 5:45 PM MDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Chase County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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
Jul 23, 5:10 PM MDT	HAIL 0.5	7 Nnw Lamar, NE
Jul 23, 5:25 PM MDT	HAIL 0.25	3 Nw Lamar, NE	PEA SIZE HAIL ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINFALL.

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
Jul 23, 2:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 155 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -353 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 232259
SVRLBF
NEC029-232345-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0320.090723T2259Z-090723T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
459 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT

* AT 459 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMAR...OR 14 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF HOLYOKE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAMAR BY 530 PM MDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

&&

LAT...LON 4047 10206 4069 10206 4069 10183 4045 10177
      4034 10205 4035 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 330DEG 13KT 4066 10205

$$

KAR

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 232314
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
514 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009

NEC029-232345-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0320.000000T0000Z-090723T2345Z/
CHASE NE-
514 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR WESTERN CHASE COUNTY...

AT 513 PM MDT...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 NEAR LAMAR...OR 15 MILES EAST OF HOLYOKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAMAR BY 525 PM MDT...
  HIGHWAY 6 MILE MARKER 10 BY 545 PM MDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

&&

LAT...LON 4047 10206 4069 10206 4069 10183 4045 10177
      4034 10205 4035 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 331DEG 13KT 4061 10202

$$

KAR

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 232343
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
543 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009

NEC029-232352-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0320.000000T0000Z-090723T2345Z/
CHASE NE-
543 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CHASE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 545 PM MDT...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS 
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CHASE COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...45 MPH 
WINDS...AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE ARE STILL POSSIBLE. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4047 10206 4069 10206 4069 10183 4045 10177
      4034 10205 4035 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 331DEG 13KT 4052 10196

$$

KAR

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 23, 1:36 PM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 1:36 PM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
236 PM CDT THU JUL 23 2009

.DISCUSSION...

...CONTINUED VERY WARM FRIDAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.SHORT TERM DISCUSSION...

LATE THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT....WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
INDICATED IN NWRLY FLOW ALOFT NOW MOVING ACROSS SWRN SD AND WRN NEBR
PNHDL. THIS WILL INTERACT WITH MODEST INSTABILITY OF 1000-1500 J/KG
...0-6KM SHEAR OF 35KTS AND H85 MOISTURE CONVERGENCE MAINLY ACROSS
WRN CHERY INTO GARDEN AND DEUEL COUNTY THROUGH LATE AFTN. A SECOND
AREA WILL BE ACROSS ERN HALF OF FA...WHERE SBCAPES RANGING FROM
2000-3500 J/KG. STRONG HEATING UNDERWAY WITH TEMPS 88-93 WEST OF HWY
83. A FEW STORM MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS...MAINLY WEST OF HWY 83.

FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT...NAM AND GFS ARE IN CLOSE AGREEMENT BRINGING
WEAK COLD FRONT THROUGH ALL BUT SERN FA BY 18Z. FRONT WILL DO LITTLE
TO COOL TEMPS WITH THE SOUTH REACHING THE MID/UPPER 90S AND NCTRL
THE LOWER 90S. THERE WILL BE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHC FOR TSTMS DURING
THE AFTN AND EVENING OVER ALL BUT THE NERN PORTIONS OF NCTRL. NOT
ANTICIPATING ANY SEVERE STORMS HOWEVER.

SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT...LOOKS DRY WITH LACK OF MOISTURE AND
UPSTREAM DISTURBANCES. CONVECTIVE FOCUS ACROSS COLORADO AND KANSAS.
WILL BE STRONGLY INFLUENCED FROM UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES.
HIGHS A BIT COOLER FROM 84-88 AND LOWS FROM 55 TO 60.

SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT...WILL WARM BACK UP A FEW DEGREES AHEAD OF NEXT
COOL FRONT WITH HIGHS 86 TO 89. NAM OUTPUT PLACES CHC FOR SHOWER AD
STORMS WEST OF HWY 83 DURING AFTN WITH A SLIGHT CHC OVERNIGHT ALL
AREAS.

.EXTENDED DISCUSSION...(MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
BETTER UPPER SUPPORT ARRIVED MONDAY FOR CHC POPS INSERTED. A SLIGHT
CHC FOR LINGERING SHOWERS OR STORMS MONDAY EVENING. REMAINDER OF
EXTENDED DRY...ASIDE FROM A SLIGHT CHC TUESDAY NIGHT. STRONG UPPER
LOW CENTERED OVER HUDSON BAY CANADA WILL BRING COOLER FLOW INTO THE
NRN AND CNTRL PLAINS.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD HOWEVER
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VCNTY OF THE KLBF AND KVTN TERMINALS WILL BE
THE MAIN THREAT TO AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THESE
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MVFR CONDITIONS IN MODERATE
RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. WIND GUSTS NEAR STORMS THIS
EVENING WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50
MPH.

&&

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT/10 PM MDT FOR SHERIDAN...CHERRY...GARDEN...
GRANT...HOOKER...THOMAS... BROWN...BLAINE...ARTHUR... MCPHERSON...
LOGAN...DEUEL...KEITH...LINCOLN ...CHASE...HAYES...AND FRONTIER.

&&

DISCUSSION...ROBERG
AVIATION...13

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 2:41 PM MDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
341 PM CDT THU JUL 23 2009

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-242045-
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-
341 PM CDT THU JUL 23 2009 /241 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A SURFACE BOUNDARY LOCATED ACROSS THE WESTERN SANDHILLS AND
SOUTHERN PANHANDLE WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. MODERATE INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE WIND
PROFILES WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM FORMATION. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER 60
MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...MAINLY EAST OF A CODY TO HYANNIS TO
BIG SPRINGS LINE TO HIGHWAY 183. THESE STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN AFTER
SUNSET AND MORE QUIET WEATHER SET IN FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

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

FRIDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND MAY BE THE FOCUS FOR
STORM DEVELOPMENT BY AFTERNOON. MODELS PUSH THE BOUNDARY SOUTH BY
EVENING WHEN THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SHOULD
DIMINISH. SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE DAILY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 23, 3:54 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
454 PM CDT THU JUL 23 2009

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

0452 PM     HAIL             6 NW MULLEN             42.10N 101.13W
07/23/2009  M1.00 INCH       CHERRY             NE   PUBLIC

            THE PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE
            GROUND.

&&

SJACOBS

Local storm report, Jul 23, 4:03 PM MDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
503 PM CDT THU JUL 23 2009

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

0503 PM     HAIL             MULLEN                  42.04N 101.04W
07/23/2009  E1.00 INCH       HOOKER             NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN
            THE TOWN OF MULLEN.

&&

SJACOBS

Local storm report, Jul 23, 4:09 PM MDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
509 PM CDT THU JUL 23 2009

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

0509 PM     HAIL             MULLEN                  42.04N 101.04W
07/23/2009  E1.75 INCH       HOOKER             NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF MULLEN.

&&

CJS

Local storm report, Jul 23, 4:22 PM MDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
522 PM CDT THU JUL 23 2009

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

0522 PM     HAIL             MULLEN                  42.04N 101.04W
07/23/2009  M2.50 INCH       HOOKER             NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            HAIL MEASURED AT 2.50 INCHES...TENNIS BALL SIZE...IN
            MULLEN. THE HAIL HAS BEEN FALLING FOR 35 MINUTES.

&&

CJS

Local storm report, Jul 23, 4:53 PM MDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
553 PM CDT THU JUL 23 2009

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

0540 PM     HAIL             14 NW BRANDON           40.94N 102.12W
07/23/2009  E0.25 INCH       SEDGWICK           CO   PUBLIC

            PEA SIZE HAIL ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINFALL.

&&

CJS

Local storm report, Jul 23, 4:56 PM MDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
556 PM CDT THU JUL 23 2009

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

0540 PM     HAIL             14 NNW BRANDON          40.99N 102.03W
07/23/2009  E0.25 INCH       PERKINS            NE   PUBLIC

            PEA SIZE HAIL ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINFALL.

&&

CJS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 3:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Hooker, Thomas	66 min
Jul 23, 4:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Perkins	55 min
Jul 23, 4:45 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Hooker	45 min
Jul 23, 5:20 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Hooker, McPherson	55 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.