Tornado Warning 27, NWS North Platte, NE

085 
WWUS53 KLBF 242051
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
351 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

NEC031-242100-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-100524T2100Z/
CHERRY NE-
251 PM MDT MON MAY 24 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY
COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM MDT...

AT 249 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NENZEL...OR 28 MILES WEST OF VALENTINE...
MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4277 10097 4277 10122 4299 10123 4299 10122
      4300 10096 4299 10096
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 180DEG 50KT 4298 10109

$$

POWER

474 
WWUS53 KLBF 242059
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
359 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

NEC031-242109-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-100524T2100Z/
CHERRY NE-
259 PM MDT MON MAY 24 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
400 PM CDT/300 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM MDT

LAT...LON 4277 10097 4277 10122 4299 10123 4299 10122
      4300 10096 4299 10096
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 180DEG 50KT 4309 10109

$$

POWER

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
245 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK HAS BEGUN ACROSS WRN AND NCTRL NEBR THIS
AFTN...

.DISCUSSION...
LATE AFTN AND TONIGHT...

CLOSED UPPER LOW LIFTING INTO SRN WYOMING HAS CAUSED HEIGHT FALLS TO
THE EAST ACROSS THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS. VERY MOIST FLOW HAS PUSHED AS
FAR WEST AS THE NEBR/WY BORDER WITH COLD FRONT POISED TO ADVANCE
INTO WRN PNHDL THE NEXT FEW HOURS. CURRENT FOCUS FOR STORMS IS ALONG
INVERTED SFC TROUGH AXIS IN WRN PNHDL INTO SWRN SD. ANOTHER STRONG
FOCUS AREA IS ALONG A DRYLINE IN NERN CO.  WEAK DISTURBANCES IN
MOIST AND UNSTABLE REGIME IN WRN NEBR HAS GENERATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS SOME OF WHICH INDICATE ROTATION ON RADAR. ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN IN DEEP SHEARED ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.  THE STRONGEST
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL TO BASEBALL SIZE OR
POSSIBLE EVEN LARGER.

LINE OF STORMS ALONG ADVANCING COLD FRONT SHOULD CONGEAL INTO A
LINEAR LINE OF STORMS AFTER 7 PM CDT WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD EXIT FAR EASTERN AREAS BY AROUND
MIDNIGHT CDT.

TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...

TUESDAY LOOKS TO BE DRY AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE IS SWRLY FLOW ALOFT
ADVANCED INTO THE NERN NM/TX PNHDL REGION BY 00Z WED. WINDS TUESDAY
TO BE LIGHT NORTHWEST IN THE MORNING...BECMG SOUTHEAST BY LATER
AFTN. ABOVE MENTIONED DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS OVERNIGHT WITH
SHOWERS AND TSTMS PSBL SOUTH OF HWY 2.

WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ACTIVITY WILL PERSIST WEDNESDAY THEN
DIMINISH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LOW CHC POPS WED LOOK ON TRACK FROM
FAVORABLE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF UPPER JET AND WEAK DISTURBANCE
PASSAGE.

THURSDAY AND BEYOND...A DRIER PATTERN DEVELOPING AS A DEEP CLOSED
LOW DIGS INTO THE PAC NW AND THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE PLAINS.
PRECIP CHANCES ARE LOW WITH ONLY ISOLATED TSTMS POSSIBLE AS DUE TO
BUILDING HEIGHTS THROUGH FRIDAY. UPPER TROUGH LIFTING THROUGH THE
CNTRL.NRN ROCKIES INTO THE NRN PLAINS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT
WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT ACROSS SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS COULD EVENTUALLY
BECOME FAVORABLE FOR SEVER WEATHER AND WILL BECOME MORE CLEARLY
DEFINED BY MID TO LATE WEEK. TEMPS BEHIND FRONT COOLER IN THE MID
70S SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

&&

.AVIATION WEATHER...

SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK AND ASSOCIATED IFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS SHOULD
BE CLEAR OF THE FORECAST AREA BY AROUND 03Z...06Z AT THE VERY
LATEST. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD QUICKLY DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST THIS
EVENING AS A DRYLINE SWEEPS NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE FCST AREA.

&&

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...HIGH WIND WARNING TIL 7 PM CDT /6
PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR NEZ004>009-022>025-035>037-056>059
-069-070-094.

WIND ADVISORY TIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR NEZ010-026>029-038-071.

&&

SHORT TERM/EXTENDED...ROBERG
AVIATION...COLE

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1106 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-251615-
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-
1106 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 /1006 AM MDT MON MAY 24 2010/

...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND PARTS OF
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TODAY...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
ELSEWHERE...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A
POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. THE
STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BY EARLY
TO MID AFTERNOON...AND FORM INTO A LINE BY THE TIME THEY REACH
HIGHWAY 83 BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE STORMS WILL
THEN MOVE ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT DURING THE EVENING.

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THE STORMS WILL BE VERY LARGE
HAIL 2 INCHES OR LARGER...ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THE RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL INCREASE WEST OF HIGHWAY 83
AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH WILL
ALSO OCCUR TODAY ALONG AND WEST OF A SPENCER TO HAYES CENTER
LINE... WHERE A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

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

CDC

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
217 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

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

0214 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     13 NE STAPLETON         41.61N 100.33W
05/24/2010                   LOGAN              NE   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            THE SPOTTER STATED THAT HE SAW A WELL DEFINED WALL CLOUD
            WITH THE STORM WITH A POSSIBLE FUNNEL.

&&

SJACOBS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
231 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

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

0225 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 W MULLEN              42.04N 101.08W
05/24/2010                   HOOKER             NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD TWO MILES WEST OF
            MULLEN CROSSING HIGHWAY TWO. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO
            REPORTED DURING THE SAME TIME.

&&

SJACOBS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
233 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

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

0231 PM     HAIL             2 W MULLEN              42.04N 101.08W
05/24/2010  M1.00 INCH       HOOKER             NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED TWO MILES WEST OF MULLEN AT
            225 PM CDT.

&&

SJACOBS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
329 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

NEZ022-056-242115-
DEUEL NE-GARDEN NE-
229 PM MDT MON MAY 24 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GARDEN AND WESTERN DEUEL COUNTIES
UNTIL 315 PM MDT...

AT 226 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHAPPELL...MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 27 AND 9 MILE ROAD AROUND 235 PM MDT.
OSHKOSH AROUND 245 PM MDT.
HIGHWAY 26 MILE MARKER 100 AROUND 250 PM MDT.
DOGTOWN FLATS AROUND 300 PM MDT.
RICHARDSON LAKE AROUND 305 PM MDT.
CRESCENT LAKE NWR AROUND 310 PM MDT.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO 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.

HIRSCH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
332 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

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

0332 PM     HAIL             BASSETT                 42.58N 99.54W
05/24/2010  M1.00 INCH       ROCK               NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
            IN BASSETT.

&&

SJACOBS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
339 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

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

0339 PM     HAIL             1 N BASSETT             42.60N 99.54W
05/24/2010  M1.00 INCH       ROCK               NE   PUBLIC

            THE PUBLIC REPORTED HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS NORTH OF
            BASSETT.

&&

SJACOBS