2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 28, 2:10 PM CST, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
310 PM CDT FRI MAY 28 2004
.DISCUSSION...
THE ETA40 SEEMS TO BE ON TRACK WITH THE 18Z SURFACE FEATURES
AND THE INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE.
THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WILL BE EAST OF THE DRY
LINE AND ALONG THE WARM FRONT. THERE IS ENOUGH LIFT IN WESTERN
NEBRASKA TO PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT, THE ETA40 INDICATES LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE AND WARM ADVECTION ALONG THE SURFACE FRONT THROUGH
CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA. THE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IS
EXPECTED TO BE OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA. THE SPC OUTLOOK AREA FITS
THIS PATTERN NICELY.
FOR SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING, I HAVE MADE ONLY MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CURRENT FORECAST. TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO BE
AT OR A LITTLE BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT.
THE GFSLR AND ECMWF BOTH INDICATE A BOUNDARY SETTING UP ACROSS
CENTRAL KANSAS OR SOUTHERN NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY. CONVERGENCE AND WARM
ADVECTION ALONG THE BOUNDARY WILL PROVIDE AMPLE LOW LEVEL FORCING
WITH ADDITIONAL UPPER SUPPORT FROM DIVERGENCE, ELEVATED 2D-
FRONTOGENESIS, AND CYCLONIC VORTICITY ADVECTION THE 850MB BASED
LIFTED INDICES IN KANSAS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM -4C TO -6C. ALSO,
IN KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA SPECIFIC HUMIDITY RUNNING 6-12G/KG
AND CONDENSATION PRESSURE DEFICITS LESS THAN 100MB IN KANSAS
INDICATES THAT MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE SO, THERE IS A FAIRLY HIGH
PROBABILITY THAT AT LEAST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER
SOUTHERN NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE IN THE WEST AND NORTH
ALONG THE INVERTED TROUGH THROUGH FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME, I WILL GO
WITH 20-40 PERCENT.
&&
.SYNOPSIS...
THE 17Z GOES DERIVED PRODUCTS INDICATE TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER
OF 22MM TO 26MM PLUME AND LIFTED INDICES OF -2C TO -4C NORTH AND EAST
OF A VTN-MHN-BBW LINE. AT THE SURFACE, THE 18Z HAND ANALYSIS SHOWED
THE DRY LINE WEST OF VALENTINE, NORTH PLATTE AND HOLDREGE WITH
DEWPOINTS AOA 50F EAST OF IT. A SURFACE WARM FRONT WAS ALSO PRESENT
ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEBRASKA.
&&
.LBF...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&
SPRINGERHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 356 PM CDT FRI MAY 28 2004 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-291101- ARTHUR-BLAINE-BOYD-BROWN-CHASE-CUSTER-DEUEL-EASTERN CHERRY-FRONTIER- GARDEN-GARFIELD-GRANT-HAYES-HOLT-HOOKER-KEITH-KEYA PAHA-LINCOLN- LOGAN-LOUP-MCPHERSON-PERKINS-ROCK-SHERIDAN-THOMAS-WESTERN CHERRY- WHEELER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AINSWORTH...ARNOLD...ARTHUR...BASSETT... BIG SPRINGS...BREWSTER...BROKEN BOW...BURWELL...CHAPPELL...CURTIS... GORDON...GRANT...HAY SPRINGS...HAYES CENTER...IMPERIAL...MULLEN... NORTH PLATTE...ONEILL...OGALLALA...OSHKOSH...RUSHVILLE...SPENCER... SPRINGVIEW...STAPLETON...TAYLOR...THEDFORD...TRYON AND VALENTINE 356 PM CDT FRI MAY 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM SPRINGVIEW...TO BURWELL. MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY STRONG WINDS. JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SAME LINE SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BUT THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ON SATURDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL LIFT ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA ON SATURDAY. AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE DAY...SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. RIGHT NOW...THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER STILL EXISTS EAST OF A LINE FROM SPENCER TO BURWELL. IN THESE AREAS...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR IN PLACE...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT EAST OF THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED LINE. AFTER SATURDAY...THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BECOME MORE TRANQUIL WITH NO SEVERE WEATHER ANTICIPATED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE PANHANDLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE NEXT WEEK AS A FEW WEAK WAVES MOVE THROUGH THE UPPER FLOW. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CAB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1000 PM CDT FRI MAY 28 2004 NEZ006-007-010-028-029-290315- BOYD NE-GARFIELD NE-HOLT NE-KEYA PAHA NE-WHEELER NE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURWELL...ONEILL...SPENCER AND SPRINGVIEW 951 PM CDT FRI MAY 28 2004 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BOYD...KEYA PAHA...GARFIELD...HOLT...KEYA PAHA...AND WHEELER COUNTIES...WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AT THIS TIME NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. KAR
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:59 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The wind gust was measured at the Gentleman Station Power Plant near Sutherland.
Thunderstorm outflow winds tore shingles off roofs.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, May 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5393421, 5394904.