Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS North Platte, NE

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service North Platte NE
628 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Potential for a high impact severe event this afternoon
  through this evening with damaging winds at or above 75mph and
  large to very large hail in excess of 2" diameter across
  central and western Nebraska. A brief tornado or two will also
  be possible.

- Low confidence but potential for a corridor of significant
  damage from wind driven hail this evening across western
  Nebraska, as initial supercells begin to grow upscale into a
  line.

- Thunderstorm chances persist into Monday and Tuesday, though
  the threat for severe weather appears low at this time, then
  quiet weather through midweek.

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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
Issued at 225 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

Another round of overnight convection has moved off to our east, though
visible satellite imagery clearly shows lingering outflow boundaries
with more stable air lingering across central and western
Nebraska from roughly Imperial up through O'Neill. Further to
the west with little cloud cover diurnal heating has been in
full swing with SBCAPE values already approaching 4000J/kg in
the western sandhills. Anticipate destabilization will continue
in this narrow corridor with mesoscale guidance indicating CAPE
values in excess of 4000J/kg by late this afternoon pushing up
form the south. Bufkit model soundings show this CAPE to be
quite stout offering good support for vigorous updrafts, though
some mid level warming will present some CINH to be overcome
before initiation of deep convection. Expect the approaching
front will offer the necessary forcing to overcome the CINH and
trigger development of thunderstorms as it enters the region
from the west late this afternoon and moves across the region
this evening and exits off to the east before Midnight. Deep
layer shear ahead of the front is evident with 0-6km bulk shear
at or above 40kt and given the instability anticipate organized
storms to initiate and rapidly grow upscale with potential for
large to very large hail. Lapse rates are steep form the
boundary layer up through mid and upper levels with an
inverted-v also noted in model soundings, and given forecast
DCAPE values around 1500J/kg expect a very efficient wind
environment to facilitate strong, damaging wind gusts. After
discrete cells initiate, expect a shallow angle between the mean
wind field and the approaching front will allow for clustering
of storms and cold pool consolidation with a somewhat quick
transition to a linear MCS or one or more bowing segments that
will amplify outflow with potential for with gusts at or above
75mph. The greatest uncertainty in potential for severe weather
appears to be further to the northeast generally in the bounded
area both east of Hwy 83 and north of Hwy 91 where the lingering
effects from stable outflow may dampen convection. The severe
threat is expected to be progressive and exit the region to the
east before Midnight with quiet conditions for the overnight.

A sharp short wave will then dig a trof into the upper midwest and push
another cold front into the region late Monday into Monday night with
another round of showers and thunderstorms that will linger into
Tuesday morning. With the best instability off to our east expect
potential for severe storms will be limited but any storms east of Hwy
83 will bear monitoring closely.

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.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Issued at 225 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

By Tuesday night the front will be pushing off to the east with high
pressure surface and aloft building over the region. This will keep
quiet weather with above normal temperatures across central and
western Nebraska through midweek. Thereafter ensemble guidance
is in good agreement in continuing to build the ridge over the
western US gradually developing a westward lean to the ridge
axis over time. while this will keep us under northwest flow
aloft the flow will become more active with short waves sliding
down the face of the ridge. At the surface, high pressure moves
to our east and sets up southerly return flow of moisture with
90th percentile precipitable water values just off to our west.
Northwest flow aloft with moist southerly flow below will set
the stage for a return to more active weather by the end of the
week and heading into the weekend. While any severe threat
remains undefined, expect the potential for strong storms will
be increasing through next weekend due to the favorable shear
profiles and returning low level moisture. The gradual westward
shift to the upper ridge will also allow for a slight cooling
trend to temperatures closer to seasonal normals next weekend.

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.AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY/...
Issued at 627 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

For the KLBF terminal: In the next couple of hours, through 02z
there is a high probability for heavy rain (Visbys 2 SM), hail
and wind gusts to 60 KTS impacting the terminal. Thunderstorms
may linger in the vicinity of the terminal through 03z with
skies gradually clearing after 08z. Winds overnight will be
light and variable at under 10 KTS beyond that time. At the KVTN
terminal:
Some thunderstorms may impact the terminal through 02z this
evening with surface wind gusts up to 45 KTS. Visibilities may
reach 3SM if heavy rain develops. Thunderstorms should end after
03z with clearing skies thereafter.

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.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

&&

SHORT TERM...MBS
LONG TERM...MBS
AVIATION...Buttler

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
400 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-032100-
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-
400 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024 /300 PM MDT Sun Jun 2 2024/

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 11pm CT. Scattered
thunderstorms across the panhandle late this afternoon are expected
to grow into a larger complex of storms farther east during the
evening. Some storms may be significantly severe, capable of very
large hail of 2 inches in diameter or greater, highly damaging wind
gusts of 75 mph or greater, brief tornadoes, and torrential rainfall
leading to localized flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Additional thunderstorms are possible Monday, but the threat of
severe weather appears low. Storm chances increase again toward the
end of the week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
731 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

NEZ005-008-025-026-030115-
Brown NE-Eastern Cherry NE-Thomas NE-Blaine NE-
731 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY...BROWN...
NORTHWESTERN BLAINE AND NORTHEASTERN THOMAS COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM
CDT...

At 731 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles southwest of Johnstown to near Elsmere
to near Halsey. Movement was east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Ainsworth, Halsey, Johnstown, Purdum, Elsmere, Wood Lake, Hofeld
Lake, Raven, Moon Lake, Hawley Flats, Willow Lake State Wildlife
Management Area, Long Lake State Wildlife Management Area, Koshopah,
Antelope Peak, and Natwick.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 183 between mile markers 196 and 202.
 Highway 20 between mile markers 222 and 247.
 Highway 2 between mile markers 215 and 228.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
north central Nebraska.

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LAT...LON 4267 9973 4189 9992 4190 10050 4263 10035
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 285DEG 23KT 4249 10017 4218 10024 4190 10037

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
733 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

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

0727 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     North Platte            41.13N 100.77W
06/02/2024                   Lincoln            NE   Emergency Mngr

            Reports of trees down all over town, power
            outage across almsot entire town. A
            powerline is down on front street in North
            Platte.

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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
735 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

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

0632 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     7 NE Mullen             42.11N 100.95W
06/02/2024  M60 MPH          Cherry             NE   Public

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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
740 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

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

0739 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     6 WSW Brady             40.99N 100.48W
06/02/2024  M58 MPH          Lincoln            NE   Public

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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
808 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

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

0756 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     5 S Stockville          40.46N 100.38W
06/02/2024  M72 MPH          Frontier           NE   Public

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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
809 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

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

0804 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     11 SE Stockville        40.43N 100.24W
06/02/2024  M74 MPH          Frontier           NE   Storm Chaser

            74 mph wind gust taken with handheld
            anemometer.

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JG