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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2010, 12:46 PM CDT for Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 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 1, 2010, 12:46 PM CDT (17:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2010, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Rock County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3048 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
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 1, 3:30 AM CDT, 9 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:30 AM CDT, 9 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 330 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST CHALLENGE IS POPS TODAY AND CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS. AT 0731Z THE RADAR MOSAIC SHOWED A FEW STORMS NEAR THE GLD OFFICE AND MOVING NORTHEAST. SHORT TERM MODELS SHOW A SPREAD IN POTENTIAL QPF DEVELOPMENT NORTHEAST WITH THE RUC THE DRIEST. NEAR TERM FORECAST FOLLOWS A MODEL BLEND WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THE CONVECTION OVER WCNTRL WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NORTHEAST THROUGH EARLY MORNING AS THE LOW LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS AND MOISTURE CONTINUES TO SURGE NORTH. AT 07Z THE SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED A SEMI STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE DAKOTAS AND LEE TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTH ON THE HIGH PLAINS THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO. A WARM FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHEAST FOR THE LOW CENTER NEAR LHX TO ACROSS OK. SURFACE DEWPOINTS WERE INTO THE LOWER 60S ACROSS SCNTRL NEB. THE H85 PROFILER WINDS HAVE VEERED ONTO THE SOUTHWEST WITH HVLK1 SOUTH AT 30 KNOTS ATTM. THE NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST CLOUD LINE VISIBLE EARLIER ON IR SATELLITE IMAGERY HAS BECOME LESS DEFINED WHILE RADAR SHOWS BOUNDARY LIFTING NORTHWEST ATTM. CONVECTION TO THE SOUTHWEST TO LIFT NORTH NORTHEAST WITH BOUNDARY TO BECOME PRIMARY FOCUS FOR STORMS EARLY THIS MORNING AS H7 SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES EAST. PRECIPITABLE WATER RATIOS REACH AROUND AN INCH TODAY WITH STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL BY LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. BUFKIT SHOWS STRONG CAP THROUGH THE MORNING THEN STEADILY ERODES THROUGH 4 PM AS INSTABILITY INCREASES WITH CAPE OVER 2000 J/KG AT KLBF. CONVECTION EARLY WILL BE ELEVATED WITH WIND AND SMALL HAIL PRIMARY THREATS. THIS AFTERNOON AS CAP WEAKENS STORMS SHOULD REDEVELOP WITH A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING AS FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND FURTHER SOUTH INTO KANSAS AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE CHANCE FOR THE STORMS LINGERS THROUGH THE NEAR TERM [WED INTO THU] AS ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WILL CARRY A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS EAST. TIMING THE SURFACE BOUNDARIES EAST WILL BE A CHALLENGE WITH LOW POPS ADJUSTED THAT WILL NEED FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS AS FRONT THAT BACKS WEST TO THE FRONT RANGE WEDNESDAY RETURNS NORTHEAST THURSDAY. THE UNSETTLED PATTERN CONTINUES UNTIL SUNDAY WITH CHANCE OF STORMS DAILY UNTIL THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS EAST POSSIBLY MONDAY TO THE PLAINS. THE H85 THERMAL RIDGE STRENGTHENS IN THE NEAR TERM WITH TEMPERATURES TRENDED TOWARD WARMER GUI DANCES THROUGH DAY 5. && .AVIATION... BAND OF ACCAS TO THE SOUTHEAST HAS CONTINUED TO WARM IN IR IMAGERY. WEAK BOUNDARY CONTINUES OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. ANOTHER AREA OF COOLING TOPS OVER GOODLAND WITH LIGHTNING OVER SOUTHWEST KS. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH WAVE MOVING ACROSS AROUND 12Z THIS AM. WILL CONTINUE WITH TRW IN THE TAF AT KLBF AND A TEMPO AT KVTN. FOCUS WILL BE NORTH CENTRAL THIS AFTERNOON IN THE KONL VCNTY WITH VFR CONDITIONS OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM/EXTENDED...KECK AVIATION...POWER
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 11:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1135 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-021645- 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- 1135 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 /1035 AM MDT TUE JUN 1 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. A FRONT CROSSING NEBRASKA WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. INSTABILITY AND WIND PROFILES WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPER CELLS AND LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ONEILL TO NORTH PLATTE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A FAST WEST TO EAST UPPER FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH THE WEEK WITH THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS NEARLY EVERY DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE JRS
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 1, 7:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 51 min |
| Jun 1, 8:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 10:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 10:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Cherry, Keya Paha | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Thomas | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 3:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Brown, Cherry, Rock | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, McPherson | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 51 min |
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.