1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 16, 1:27 PM MST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 327 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2003 CONVECTION IN THE NEAR TERM AND TEMPERATURES WITH BUILDING RIDGE MAIN FOCUS. AT H5...LOW JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND EAST WEST ELONGATED HIGH PRESSURE OVER FOUR CORNERS PROVIDING NORTHWEST FLOW FOR FORECAST AREA...WITH BROAD RIDGE INTO NORTHERN ROCKIES. AT THE SURFACE...TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS NORTHERN PLAINS JUST MAKING INROADS INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT AT H5 FOR THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH 84HRS BUT HAVE TIMING AND QPF DIFFERENCES AT THE SURFACE BY 48 HRS. WILL USE A BLEND OF ETA AND GFS FOR THE FORECAST. SOME CONVECTION BEGINNING TO FIRE OVER COLORADO ROCKIES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. GOOD MOISTURE ADVECTION INTO CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF TROUGH. DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 50S TO MID 60S OVER FORECAST AREA WITH GOOD SOUTHERLY FLOW. 850MB LLJ SHUNTING OFF TO EAST AND PLAYING NO MAJOR ROLE. 250MB JET STAYING TO THE NORTH OF FORECAST AREA. BEST CAPES OVER NORTH CENTRAL LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 6Z APPROACHING 4K JOULES/KG...WITH SB CAPES AROUND 1500 JOULES/KG OVER WEST. CINHS OVER PANHANDLE NOT TOO STRONG EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH 700MB TEMPS IN THE 16C-18C RANGE OVER FORECAST AREA. CINHS INCREASE RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET. WILL PUT IN SLIGHT CHANCE OVER NORTH CENTRAL THRU EARLY EVENING. THURSDAY NIGHT LOOKS BETTER FOR CONVECTION WITH HIGHLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS...HIGH SURFACE BASED CAPES...LITTLE CINH OVER WESTERN ZONES AND NICE MID AND UPPER LEVEL WAVES RIDING OVER RIDGE WITH MCS DEVELOPING AND MOVING SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. FRIDAY NIGHT A REPLAY OF THURSDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT AS FRONT SLIDES THROUGH FORECAST AREA AGAIN CHANCE OF CONVECTION ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. REMAINDER OF EXTENDED ON TRACK .LBF...NONE. POWER
NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-171100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 312 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT. A WEAK FRONT THROUGH CENTRAL NEBRASKA IS EXPECTED TO BE THE FOCUS OF STORMS DEVELOPMENT FROM INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 80 NORTH. THE MOS UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL BE IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM NAPER THROUGH ATKINSON TO ERICSON. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND ARE EXPECTED IN THAT AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA FRIDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BRADY TO BIG SPRINGS. A PAIR OF NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL PROVIDE A STRONGER FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT. ALSO...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AS WATER VAPOR FROM A TROPICAL SYSTEM IS BROUGHT NORTH ALONG THE ROCKIES. AT THIS TIME...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT ARE NOT LIKELY THURSDAY. HOWEVER...THE PERSISTENCE OF THE FRONT AND THE MOIST FLOW FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS MUCH MORE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELPMENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND ON FRIDAY OVER CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA. SPRINGER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm outflow winds damaged outbuildings, broke off large tree limbs, and moved a pickup truck several feet.
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