Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service North Platte NE
740 PM CDT Mon Aug 6 2018

.SYNOPSIS...
Issued at 314 PM CDT Mon Aug 6 2018

H5 analysis from this morning had a tandem of highs
located across the southern third of the CONUS. The first was over
eastern Arizona and a second over southern Alabama. Further north,
low amplitude flow extended from California, east into Ohio valley
and Mid Atlantic. Across the northern tier of the CONUS, low
amplitude ridging was present across the Pacific NW. East of this
feature, a low amplitude trough of low pressure was present across
the northern plains into the northern Great Lakes. Within this
trough, several weak disturbances were noted with shortwaves present
across sern Montana, eastern North Dakota, southern Iowa and central
Wisconsin. At the surface: Low pressure was present across western
Kansas with a stationary front extending to the east northeast into
northwestern Missouri. West of the low the the front extended into
southeastern and central Colorado. Across western and north central
Nebraska, light easterly and northeasterly winds were present and
led to low cloudiness across portions of west central and
southwestern Nebraska earlier today. The bulk of this has burnt off
by mid afternoon. Mid level convective cloudiness has developed with
showers and embedded thunderstorms present across northern Nebraska,
as well as central and south central Nebraska. Readings as of 3 PM
CDT, ranged from 67 in Gordon with rain, to 80 at North Platte and
O'Neill.

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.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Tuesday)
Issued at 314 PM CDT Mon Aug 6 2018

Tonight and Tuesday...Thunderstorm and rain chances are
the main forecast challenges in the short term. For tonight: The
shortwave, currently over sern Montana, will approach the Central
plains early this evening. Two areas of thunderstorms are expected
to initiate in advance of this feature, the first over Kansas into
south central and southeastern Nebraska INVOF the stationary front.
The second favored area is over northern Nebraska which is INVOF of
the shortwave trough. This scenario is supported by the latest NAM12
and GFS solutions and to a lesser degree by the latest ECMWF
solution. The WARW seems to be the outlier this morning, forcing a
broad swath of precipitation across the forecast area tonight.
Looking at the other HREF members, they are similar to the
NAM12/GFS camp, favoring precipitation across the northern forecast
area and in the far southeastern forecast area. That being said,
decided to focus the highest pops across north central Nebraska and
sern portions of the forecast area. As for the severe threat, deep
layer shear is strong tonight, generally greater than 50 KTS and
with limited cape in place, it may be hard for updrafts to overcome
the strong shear tonight. For that reason, and the fact that CAPE is
limited, tonight, not overly concerned about severe storms tonight.
With steep mid level lapse rates in place, any strong storms may
produce some hail up to dime or nickle size.

.LONG TERM...(Tuesday night through Monday)
Issued at 314 PM CDT Mon Aug 6 2018

Tuesday night through Thursday...Another round of
convection will develop Tuesday afternoon along the front ranges of
southeastern Wyoming and Colorado. Northwesterly H5 flow aloft will
carry this activity generally southwest of the forecast area. Some
of this has the potential to clip the swrn forecast area Tuesday
evening and have included it in the latest forecast package. On
Wednesday into Wednesday night, high pressure aloft will build north
from the swrn CONUS into the intermountain west. The result will be
north northwesterly steering winds Wednesday night into Thursday.
There will be one last small chance for pcpn Wednesday evening as a
weak disturbance tracks through central Nebraska. This was not
captured by the superblend and after collaboration with GID and GLD,
went ahead and added pops to the fcst.

Thursday night through Monday...High pressure across the
intermountain west, will build east from the intermountain west onto
the central and northern plains by the end of the week. This will
result in warm temperatures and dry conditions in a subsidence rich
environment. This is expected to persist through the weekend with
the next outside chance for pcpn next Monday night as the ridge
breaks down and a broad trough of low pressure traverses the
northern plains.

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.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Tuesday evening)
Issued at 740 PM CDT Mon Aug 6 2018

An intense thunderstorm with large hail west of KOGA, as
scattered showers and a few thunderstorms continued from near KTIF
toward KONL. The thunderstorm activity will end overnight with
clearing skies. Scattered high clouds Tuesday along with light amd
variable winds.

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.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
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SYNOPSIS...Buttler
SHORT TERM...Buttler
LONG TERM...Buttler
AVIATION...Roberg

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
422 PM CDT Mon Aug 6 2018

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-072130-
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-
422 PM CDT Mon Aug 6 2018 /322 PM MDT Mon Aug 6 2018/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and
north central Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

Showers and thunderstorms are possible this evening. Some storms
in the west and southwest could be stronger with wind gusts
around 50 mph. Any storms could produce brief heavy downpours and
occasional lightning.

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

Thunderstorms are possible Tuesday night and Wednesday night
across far southwestern into portions of central Nebraska. At
this time, no severe storms are expected.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated today or tonight.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
647 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2018

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

0630 PM     HAIL             6 NNE LISCO             41.59N 102.58W
08/06/2018  E1.75 INCH       GARDEN             NE   PUBLIC

            RANGE FROM DIMES TO GOLF BALLS. LASTED APPROXIMATED 5 TO
            8 MINUTES.

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JURGENSEN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
701 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2018

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

0637 PM     HAIL             6 NE LISCO              41.57N 102.55W
08/06/2018  E2.75 INCH       GARDEN             NE   PUBLIC

            EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AT PROPERTY INCLUDING TO WINDOWS AND
            SIDING OF HOUSE.

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JURGENSEN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
735 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2018

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

0659 PM     HAIL             5 NE OSHKOSH            41.46N 102.28W
08/06/2018  E1.75 INCH       GARDEN             NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            HAIL DESTROYED WINDSHIELD OF VEHICLE.

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JURGENSEN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
737 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2018

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

0712 PM     HAIL             3 ESE OSHKOSH           41.39N 102.29W
08/06/2018  M2.00 INCH       GARDEN             NE   STORM CHASER

            HAIL OF 2.25 INCHES IN DIAMETER. REPORT WITH PHOTO FROM
            SOCIAL MEDIA.

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JURGENSEN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
802 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2018

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

0755 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 NE BIG SPRINGS        41.09N 102.03W
08/06/2018  E60 MPH          KEITH              NE   PUBLIC

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JURGENSEN

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
806 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2018

NEZ008-070145-
Brown NE-
806 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN BROWN AND SOUTHERN
KEYA PAHA COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

At 806 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Johnstown, or about 5 miles west of Ainsworth, moving east at 10 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Antelope Peak, Keller Park State Recreation Area and Pine Glen State
Wildlife Refuge.

This includes Highway 183 between mile markers 196 and 207.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

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LAT...LON 4273 9974 4257 9968 4256 10000 4264 10004
      4274 9975
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 250DEG 8KT 4261 9997

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