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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS North Platte, NE

June 10, 2010Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2010, 12:20 AM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 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
Jun 10, 2010, 12:20 AM MDT (06:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2010, 1:00 AM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 8:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2010-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2010-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 9, 7:05 PM MDT, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 7:05 PM MDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
805 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2010

.HYDROLOGIC DISCUSSION UPDATE...
    FLOODING OF THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER HAS BEEN REPORTED ON THE
NORTH PLATTE RIVER UPSTREAM OF LISCO IN SOUTHERN GARDEN COUNTY. THE
INCREASED FLOW FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT OCCURRED IN THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE THIS EVENING WILL RESULT IN HIGHER STAGES ON THE NORTH
PLATTE RIVER THAN THE WARNING ISSUED THIS MORNING HAD FORECAST FOR
LISCO AND LEWELLEN. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER CONVECTIVE SYSTEM IS
DEVELOPING IN WYOMING THAT MAY BRING ADDITIONAL VERY HEAVY RAIN TO
THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER.
&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
625 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2010

.AVIATION UPDATE...
    WE HAVE INCLUDED INSTRUMENT CEILINGS IN THE LBF TAF. CURRENT
INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE LOWEST LAYERS WILL BE SATURATED BUT...WITH
WIND CONTINUING AT OR ABOVE 6KT...STRATUS IS MORE LIKELY THAN FOG.
&&

.SYNOPSIS...
H5 LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES WITH WEAK RIDGING INTO THE NORTHERN
PLAINS AS ANOTHER H5 LOW MOVES ACROSS WASHINGTON STATE.
&&

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT THIS AFTERNOON WITH GFS HAVING A BETTER
HANDLE ON CONVECTION MOVING ACROSS THE PANHANDLE HAVE TRENDED
TOWARDS A GFS SOLUTION. NICE WAVE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN PLAINS OF
WYOMING AND COLORADO AS SEEN IN IR WILL PROVIDE THE LIFT THIS
EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTHWEST
NEBRASKA. CINH IS QUESTIONABLE BUT CAP IS BREAKING OVER THE
PANHANDLE. BUMPED TEMPS UP SOME TO COME IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH
SURROUNDING OFFICES ON THURSDAY BUT MAY HAVE GONE SEVERAL DEGREES
TOO WARM OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. SOUTHWEST FLOW MAY OVER COME
ADVANCING COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA. DYNAMICS
ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEM ON THURSDAY LOOK TO BE BE BETTER FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WITH FROPA. FRIDAY MAINLY QUIET WITH ACTIVITY TO THE
SOUTH AND EAST ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WAVE TO EJECT FROM
TROUGH OVER DESSERT SOUTHWEST ACROSS NORTHWEST NEBRASKA. COOL AND
CLOUDY DURING THE DAY SATURDAY WITH SOME MORNING SHOWERS MAINLY
NORTH AND NORTHEAST. EXTENDED MODELS BEGIN TO DIVERGE SUNDAY WITH
GFS SOUTH OF FORECAST AREA AND EURO LIFTING A WAVE ACROSS WESTERN
NEBRASKA. HAVE USED A BLEND TRENDING MORE TOWARDS EURO SLOWER
WETTER SOLUTION. A STRONGER MID LEVEL WAVE PROGGED ACROSS THE AREA
TUESDAY. LEFT REMAINDER OF FORECAST DRY WITH WEAK RIDGING INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS IN ADVANCE OF NEXT TROUGH DROPPING INTO DESSERT
SOUTHWEST TOWARDS MIDWEEK.
&&

.AVIATION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT MAKE
IT A DIFFICULT FORECAST FOR THE TERMINALS. GENERALLY VFR CONDITION
THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT...EXCEPT IN THE VICINITY OF
THUNDERSTORMS...WHERE MVFR OR BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
LOOK FOR AMENDMENTS AND UPDATED FORECASTS AS MORE DEFINITE TIMING
IN KNOWN. BY MORNING...ALL MODELS IN AGREEMENT WITH STRATUS
DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...ENCOMPASSING
BOTH THE KLBF AND KVTN TERMINALS...ALTHOUGH HEIGHT VARIES BETWEEN
MODELS. DEVELOPMENT OF STRATUS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING EAST OF THE AREA...SO HAVE NOT GONE WIDESPREAD MVFR OR DOWN
TO IFR YET. TOMORROW STRATUS...IF IT DEVELOPS...WILL BE SLOW TO
ERODE...HOWEVER IT SHOULD LIFT...DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS.
&&

.HYDROLOGY...
THE RIVER GAGE FOR THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER AT LEWELLEN WAS REPORTING
7.59 FEET THIS MORNING. THIS REMAINS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...7.5 FEET.
UPSTREAM...LISCO HAS RETURN ABOVE 3.0 FEET...HAVING DROPPED TO 2.9
FEET LAST NIGHT...AND WITH ANTICIPATED RAINFALL TODAY AND TOMORROW
ALONG WITH RAINFALL EARLIER THIS WEEK...THE GAGE AT LEWELLEN MAY NOT
FALL MUCH BELOW CURRENT STAGE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THEREFORE...PLANS
ARE TO KEEP FLOOD WARNING GOING. THIS WILL CONTINUED TO BE MONITORED
CLOSELY AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...POSSIBLY HEAVY...OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS MAY CAUSE THE RIVER TO RISE FURTHER.
&&

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR NEZ004-022-023-035-056>058-069.

&&

SHORT TERM/EXTENDED...POWER
AVIATION...MASEK
AVIATION UPDATE...SPRINGER
HYDROLOGIC DISCUSSION UPDATE...SPRINGER
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 2:34 PM MDT, 9 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
334 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2010

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-102045-
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-
334 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2010 /234 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A RETURN OF MOIST SOUTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL PROVIDE FOR
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT...MAINLY WEST OF
HIGHWAY 83. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...HOWEVER
AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...MAINLY WEST OF A
MERRIMAN THROUGH NORTH PLATTE LINE THIS EVENING. AS A LOW LEVEL
JET DEVELOPS LATER THIS EVENING...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR
A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST ACROSS WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT. BESIDES THE ATTENDANT THREAT FOR
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...A FEW OF THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD
CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA OVERNIGHT.

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

SEVERE WEATHER WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
THURSDAY NIGHT. AS LATE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES REACH THE LOWER 90S
ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA WITH LOWER TO MID 80S ACROSS
NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME
SUFFICIENTLY UNSTABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MOST
FAVORABLE AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR AND NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 2.

THERE IS A DAILY CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR MOST LIKELY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS A
STRONG DISTURBANCE LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
IN THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE SOMEWHAT LESS...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE GREATER. DUE TO ALREADY MOIST SOILS FROM RECENT
RAINFALL EVENTS...RAINFALL INTO THIS WEEKEND COULD CAUSE SOME
RUNOFF CONCERNS WHICH WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING WEST OF A MERRIMAN
THROUGH NORTH PLATTE LINE.

&&

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

MASEK

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 10:26 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1126 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2010

NEZ023-024-100515-
GRANT NE-HOOKER NE-
1026 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRANT AND SOUTHERN
HOOKER COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM MDT...

AT 1020 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPRING VALLEY LAKE...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF
ARTHUR...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GREEN LAKE AROUND 1030 PM MDT.
EAST CODY LAKE AROUND 1050 PM MDT.
HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 50 AND HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE DISMAL RIVER
AROUND 1105 PM MDT.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TAYLOR
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 11:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1212 AM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

NEZ004-094-100615-
SHERIDAN NE-WESTERN CHERRY NE-
1112 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY AND
NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM MDT...

AT 1110 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLINTON...OR 7 MILES EAST OF RUSHVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 27 AND MILLS ROAD AROUND 1120 PM MDT.
GORDON AROUND 1125 PM MDT.
HIGHWAY 20 MILE MARKER 110 AROUND 1130 PM MDT.
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 20 AND IRWIN ROAD AROUND 1145 PM MDT.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPRINGER
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 11:47 PM MDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1247 AM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

NEZ094-100645-
WESTERN CHERRY NE-
1147 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL
1245 AM MDT...

AT 1143 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 20 AND IRWIN
ROAD...OR 11 MILES EAST OF GORDON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HIGHWAY 61 CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER AND INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 61
AND SHADBOLT ROAD AROUND 1210 AM MDT.
MEDICINE LAKE AROUND 1235 AM MDT.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:12 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningLBFGarden, Keith4 days
Jun 10, 12:57 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan48 min
Jun 10, 1:37 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker, McPherson, Thomas38 min
Jun 10, 2:00 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer45 min
Jun 10, 2:04 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry41 min
Jun 10, 2:24 AM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry36 min
Jun 10, 2:42 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Brown, Loup48 min
Jun 10, 2:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Grant, Hooker, McPherson, Thomas45 min
Jun 10, 2:55 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry50 min
Jun 10, 3:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry50 min
Jun 10, 3:28 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Loup, Rock47 min
Jun 10, 3:29 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Cherry, Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas46 min
Jun 10, 3:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Rock45 min
Jun 10, 3:58 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Brown, Cherry, Loup, Rock47 min
Jun 10, 4:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Rock50 min
Jun 10, 4:47 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock43 min
Jun 10, 5:27 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Holt, Wheeler48 min
Jun 10, 7:36 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFBlaine, Brown, Cherry, Holt, Loup, Rock and 1 more6 hr
Jun 10, 2:25 PM MDTFlood WatchLBFBlaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Garfield, Holt and 4 more4 days

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.