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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 358, NWS North Platte, NE

August 19, 20105 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2010, 7:26 PM CDT for 5 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 49 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
Aug 19, 2010, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2010, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Custer County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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
Aug 19, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 328 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2010-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2082 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2010-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 226 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
2082 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-211 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.8

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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 Aug 19, 3:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 3:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
312 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
H5 WAVE MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES ONTO THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. LEADING SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AS SEEN IN IR. SURFACE LOW JUST TO THE
NORTH OF KVTN AND SURFACE TROUGH...DRY LINE FROM KANW TO KIML.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND HAVE GOOD CONFIDENCE
IN THE FORECAST. FIRST WAVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.
ANOTHER IMPULSE IN NORTHEAST COLORADO WITH MAIN IMPULSE OVER
EASTERN UT MOVING INTO WESTERN COLORADO. GOOD SB BASED CAPE ALONG
THE TROUGH AXIS WITH TD'S IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. SURFACE
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 90S ALONG THE TROUGH AXIS. CAP HAS
NOT BEEN BROKEN YET. PW'S ABOUT AN INCH AND NORMAL FOR THE SEASON.
TROUGH IS PROGGED TO HANG OVER CENTRAL PORTION OF FORECAST AREA
POSSIBILITY FOR SOME TRAINING. DRY AND CLEARING ON FRIDAY WITH
SIMILAR TEMPERATURES TO TODAY AS GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHTS INCREASE
ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA. H5 RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE TROUGH TO
THE WEST DEEPENS. ECMWF TRENDING TOWARDS THE GFS AND GEM
SOLUTIONS IN THE LATEST MODEL RUNS. WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW THROUGH
THE WEEKEND AND FULL SUN WILL TORCH OUT WESTERN NEBRASKA WITH
TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 90S AND POSSIBLY SOME LOWER 100'S.
NEXT FRONT WILL BE PUSHED THROUGH ON MONDAY AS THE TROUGH TO THE
WEST MOVES EAST. TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL DEPEND ON THE TIMING
OF THE FRONT AND HAVE RETAINED WARMER TEMPERATURES WITH A MODEL
BLEND. COOLER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AND DRY THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE EXTENDED.

.AVIATION...
CONVECTION SHOULD BE FILLING IN ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. VFR
CONDITIONS SHOULD STILL BE THE PREVAILING CONDITIONS AT THE KLBF AND
KVTN TERMINALS...HOWEVER CONDITIONS COULD QUICKLY DETERIORATE NEAR
THESE STORMS INTO THE LOWER FLIGHT CATEGORIES. MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL...HAIL AND DANGEROUS WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY
FROM THE 19/20Z TO 20/06Z TIME FRAME IN THE VCNTY OF THE KLBF AND
KVTN TERMINALS. THE STRONGER CONVECTION SHOULD SLIDE EAST OF THE
REGION AFTER 06Z...LEAVING A MID TO HIGH CLOUD DECK IN PLACE THROUGH
SUNRISE WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

&&

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

SHORT TERM/EXTENDED...POWER
AVIATION...13
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 3:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
353 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2010

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-202100-
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-
353 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2010 /253 PM MDT THU AUG 19 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS...WITH THE BEST CHANCES THIS EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF AN
IMPERIAL TO AINSWORTH LINE. MOISTURE POOLING IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA
AHEAD OF A SURFACE TROF MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL SANDHILLS WILL
HELP FOCUS MODERATELY STRONG INSTABILITY OVER THE EASTERN OUTLOOK
AREA. WINDS ALOFT WILL BE MARGINAL...BUT ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF A
NORTH PLATTE TO BASSETT TO BUTTE LINE DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...THOUGH THE
STRONGEST STORMS MAY ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.
AS THE SYSTEM PROGRESSES INTO THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING
HOURS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...WHICH IS
EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 183.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

&&

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Holt36 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.