Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS North Platte, NE

474 
WWUS53 KLBF 210140 RRA
SVSLBF

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

NEC041-210215-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-140621T0215Z/
CUSTER NE-
840 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 835 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EDDYVILLE...
AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MASON CITY...BURR OAK...CUMRO...INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 183 AND CUMRO
ROAD...BLOCK HILL BASIN AND GAVIN SIDING.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 297 AND 307.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 183 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 88.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 4104 9922 4104 10008 4106 10023 4127 10023
      4127 9920 4105 9920
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 277DEG 21KT 4108 9959

HAIL...1.75IN
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

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

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

0748 PM     HAIL             12 SSW NORTH PLATTE     40.97N 100.86W
06/20/2014  E1.00 INCH       LINCOLN            NE   PUBLIC

&&

MARTIN

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

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

0750 PM     HAIL             12 S NORTH PLATTE       40.96N 100.77W
06/20/2014  E1.25 INCH       LINCOLN            NE   PUBLIC

&&

MARTIN

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

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

0745 PM     HAIL             MAXWELL                 41.08N 100.53W
06/20/2014  E1.00 INCH       LINCOLN            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MARTIN

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

NEZ059-210145-
LINCOLN NE-
801 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 845
PM CDT...

AT 758 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WELLFLEET...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CURTIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HANSEN MEMORIAL RESERVE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 66.

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
802 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

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

0801 PM     HAIL             14 WSW OCONTO           41.06N 100.01W
06/20/2014  E1.75 INCH       CUSTER             NE   PUBLIC

            QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL FOR THE LAST HALF HOUR AT
            LOCATION. DITCHES FULL OF WATER DUE TO HEAVY RAIN.

&&

MARTIN

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

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

0745 PM     HAIL             9 E WESTERVILLE         41.40N 99.22W
06/20/2014  E1.00 INCH       CUSTER             NE   PUBLIC

&&

KNUTSVIG