Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS North Platte, NE

997 
WWUS53 KLBF 210011
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
711 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

NEC009-041-113-171-210030-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-140621T0030Z/
BLAINE NE-CUSTER NE-LOGAN NE-THOMAS NE-
711 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
THOMAS...NORTHEASTERN LOGAN...NORTHWESTERN CUSTER AND SOUTHWESTERN
BLAINE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 706 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF
HALSEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LOGAN...EXTREME
  NORTHWESTERN CUSTER...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN THOMAS AND EXTREME
  SOUTHWESTERN BLAINE COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4184 10022 4170 10008 4158 10037 4172 10049
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 241DEG 13KT 4173 10030

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

STOPPKOTTE

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
630 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 245 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

UPPER CLOSED LOW OVER NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. CLOSED
LOW OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA AND CLOSED LOW OFF THE NORTHEAST
CONUS. MAINLY ZONAL PATTERN OVER MOST OF THE LOWER 48.

QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH A REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY /FROM MORNING
CONVECTION/ ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. NICE CU FIELD ALONG AND
SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY...WHERE MOISTURE IS POOLING...WITH DEW PTS IN
THE 60S TO AROUND 70. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS ALREADY BEEN
ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE CWA FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 245 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

TONIGHT WILL FOCUS ON SEVERE POTENTIAL. DEW PTS IN THE 60S TO
AROUND 70 AND TEMPS IN THE 80S. CAP HAS FOR THE MOST PART BEEN
ELIMINATED...WITH THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY STARTING TO FIRE. EXPECT
THE COVERAGE TO EXPAND WITH THE SOUTHERN SANDHILLS TO KS INTO
CENTRAL NEB THE AREA OF CONCERN. THE GREATEST THREAT IS HAIL AND
WINDS...AS LL SHEAR IS MARGINAL FOR TORNADIC CELLS. AFTER MIDNIGHT
THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE WITH THE HELP OF A LOW LEVEL JET...HOWEVER
WITH THE LOSS OF HEAT...THE STORMS LIKELY NOT TO BE AS SEVERE.

BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO BE A FACTOR IN THE MORNING...WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS STILL POSSIBLE...SIMILAR TO THIS MORNING. OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES FROM TONIGHTS CONVECTION WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED AS THEY
WILL PLAY INTO TOMORROW MORNING CONVECTION. SKIES SHOULD SEE SOME
PEAKS OF SUN WITH HIGHS SIMILAR TO TODAY...WITH 80S TO AROUND 90. A
COLD FRONT WILL ENTER IN FROM THE WEST FOR THE AFTERNOON...WITH THIS
BOUNDARY TO BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP...ALTHOUGH
AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL ALSO SEE SOME ISOLATED ACTIVITY.

.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 245 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

UPPER LOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
WEATHER OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SATURDAY NIGHT
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA TO THE NORTHWEST AS
SURFACE LOW OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS POOLS MOISTURE OVER WESTERN
NEBRASKA. STRONG MID LEVEL WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE ZONAL FLOW AFTER
06Z. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY
WITH STALLED OUT BOUNDARY LYING ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA. TEMPERATURE
IN THE 70S AND 80S. BOUNDARY MOVING SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FORECAST
AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AS COOLER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST.
MODELS DIFFER SOMEWHAT ON TIMING. STRONG MID LEVEL WAVE INTERACTS
WITH FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT AND SOUTHWEST ZONES COULD AGAIN EXPERIENCE
HEAVY RAIN. DEPENDING ON FRONTAL POSITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT POPS MAY
HAVE TO BE DECREASED. RESIDUAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY
WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S. PRECIPITATION ENDS
MONDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE 50S COOL TUESDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE
70S AS TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HUDSON BAY LOW
PUSHES SOUTH ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AND HIGHS IN THE 80S WITH SCHC OF
THUNDERSTORMS RETAINED.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 629 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WILL
MOVE INTO BBW 00-01Z. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE
HAIL OF AT LEAST 3/4 INCH DIAMETER...POSSIBLY LARGER THAN AN INCH
AND A HALF. IN THE REST OF THE AREA...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 06Z. STORMS IN
NORTHWEST KANSAS WILL MOVE UP INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA BETWEEN LXN
AND LBF AROUND 02Z BUT...WITH COVERAGE LESS THAN 40 PERCENT...
INCLUSION IN THE TERMINAL FORECAST FOR LBF IS NOT WARRANTED AT THIS
TIME.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON...STARTING WEST
OF VTN-LBF 18-21Z AND SPREADING TO ANW-BBW 21-24Z. COVERAGE IS STILL
EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 40 PERCENT...SO THEY WILL NOT BE INCLUDED
IN THE TERMINAL FORECASTS FOR VTN OR LBF.

&&

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

SYNOPSIS...POWER
SHORT TERM...MASEK
LONG TERM...POWER
AVIATION...SPRINGER

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
313 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-212015-
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-
313 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014 /213 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS
EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM OGALLALA TO AINSWORTH. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT...WITH THE MAIN THREAT TO BE
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER INCREASES SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. STORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO FORM IN THE WEST AND NORTHWEST AND MOVE SOUTHEAST
AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS. LARGE HAIL...WIND DAMAGE...ISOLATED
TORNADOES AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE.

SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE AREA OF CONCERN IS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
BROKEN BOW TO NORTH PLATTE AND IMPERIAL. LARGE HAIL...WIND DAMAGE
AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND AT
TIMES...CONDITIONS COULD BECOME FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN
SOME AREAS. CHECK LATER FORECASTS FOR DETAILS ON THESE POTENTIAL
EVENTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

&&

GET YOUR WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE)

MASEK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
319 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

NEZ038-202045-
CUSTER NE-
319 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL 345
PM CDT...

AT 318 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MASON CITY...OR 23 MILES
EAST OF BROKEN BOW...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN CUSTER COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 301 AND 305.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 303 AND 308.

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.

VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES
AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A
FLOODED ROADWAY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
528 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

NEZ037-059-202315-
LINCOLN NE-LOGAN NE-
528 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN AND
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CITY OF NORTH OF PLATTE...AND MAINLY
RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN LOGAN AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 179 AND 187.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 84 AND 107.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.

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.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

STOPPKOTTE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
552 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

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

0541 PM     HAIL             7 ENE NORTH PLATTE      41.17N 100.65W
06/20/2014  E1.75 INCH       LINCOLN            NE   PUBLIC

&&

MARTIN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
633 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

NEZ070-071-210015-
FRONTIER NE-HAYES NE-
633 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAYES AND
SOUTHWESTERN FRONTIER COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 629 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PALISADE...OR 15 MILES SOUTH
OF HAYES CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BLUEGILL HAVEN CAMPGROUND...
  QUICK...

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 29 AND 36.

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.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

JACOBS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
639 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

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

0639 PM     HAIL             7 N NORTH PLATTE        41.23N 100.77W
06/20/2014  E1.50 INCH       LINCOLN            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MARTIN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
647 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

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

0625 PM     HAIL             11 NW CALLAWAY          41.40N 100.07W
06/20/2014  E1.25 INCH       CUSTER             NE   PUBLIC

&&

MARTIN