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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS North Platte, NE

June 10, 2010Garfield County, Holt County, Wheeler County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2010, 6:27 AM CDT for Garfield County, Holt County, Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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, 6:27 AM CDT (11:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2010, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:29 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 10, 3:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2010-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 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 Jun 10, 3:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 3:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 6:04 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 12:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 40 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
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 2:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
216 AM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

NEZ024-025-036-100800-
HOOKER NE-MCPHERSON NE-THOMAS NE-
216 AM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HOOKER...SOUTHWESTERN
THOMAS AND NORTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT/200 AM
MDT/...

AT 218 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF SCHNICK LAKE...OR 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF TRYON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 40 AROUND 235 AM CDT.
HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 50 AROUND 150 AM MDT.
HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE DISMAL RIVER AROUND 155 AM MDT.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

CDC
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 2:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
219 AM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

NEZ037-038-059-100800-
CUSTER NE-LINCOLN NE-LOGAN NE-
219 AM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...
NORTHWESTERN CUSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM
CDT...

AT 218 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF GANDY...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
STAPLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HIGHWAY 92 MILE MARKER 240 AROUND 225 AM CDT.
ARNOLD AROUND 240 AM CDT.
HIGHWAY 92 MILE MARKER 260 AROUND 255 AM CDT.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

CDC
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 2:22 AM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
222 AM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

NEZ025-026-037-100800-
BLAINE NE-LOGAN NE-THOMAS NE-
222 AM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN THOMAS...SOUTHWESTERN
BLAINE AND NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

AT 218 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 83 CROSSING THE DISMAL
RIVER...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF STAPLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 130 AROUND 235 AM CDT.
HIGHWAY 83 CROSSING THE DISMAL RIVER AROUND 240 AM CDT.
HALSEY AROUND 300 AM CDT.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

CDC
Local storm report, Jun 10, 4:16 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 9:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLBFGarden, Keith4 days
Jun 10, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan40 min
Jun 10, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan48 min
Jun 10, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker, McPherson, Thomas38 min
Jun 10, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer45 min
Jun 10, 3:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry41 min
Jun 10, 3:24 AM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry36 min
Jun 10, 3:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Brown, Loup48 min
Jun 10, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Grant, Hooker, McPherson, Thomas45 min
Jun 10, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry50 min
Jun 10, 4:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry50 min
Jun 10, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Loup, Rock47 min
Jun 10, 4:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Cherry, Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas46 min
Jun 10, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Rock45 min
Jun 10, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Brown, Cherry, Loup, Rock47 min
Jun 10, 5:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Rock50 min
Jun 10, 5:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock43 min
Jun 10, 8:36 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFBlaine, Brown, Cherry, Holt, Loup, Rock and 1 more6 hr
Jun 10, 3:25 PM CDTFlood 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.