2 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 Aug 10, 12:55 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 155 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 ...FORECAST CONCERNS SEVERE WEATHER/HVY RAIN POTENTIAL TONIGHT THRU FRIDAY...MAX TEMPS AND ADDITIONAL RAIN POSSIBILITIES IN THE EXTENDED... .DISCUSSION... AN AUGUST HEAVY RAINFALL PATTERN IS DEVELOPING AS VERY ROBUST SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE IS IN PLACE ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF THE WESTERN U.S....THE WESTERLIES ARE BEGINNING TO MIGRATE SOUTHWARD AND A PNA UA PATTERN IS DIRECTING BLOCKING SFC HIGH PRESSURE INTO THE MIDWEST. TONIGHT...ATM IS APPROACHING SATURATION WITH PWS RUNNING CLOSE TO 1.5 INCHES. LAST NIGHTS PULSE SEVERE EVENT DID LITTLE TO STABILIZED THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS BUT DID COOL THE PBL SO CLOUDS FORMED AND SFC BASED INSTABILITY RELAXED. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS EXPLODE TONIGHT ACROSS THE HEART OF THE FCST AREA SUGGESTING THE ATM HAS REACHED ITS LIMIT. INTENSE RAINFALL RATES SUGGESTED BY BOTH MODELS SUGGEST A FEEDBACK PROBLEM. THE GFS SHOWS DRAMATIC DRYING BY 12Z THUR AM. THIS IS PROBABLY THE LEAST LIKELY SCENARIO. FCST THEN IS FORM SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE CLIMATICALLY LIKELY ATTM. EXPECTED SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE TSRA TO DEVELOP OFF THE BLACK HILLS LATE THIS AFTN/EVENING. STORMS ANYWHERE IN THE FCST AREA WILL BE CAPABLE OF LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THE 30R75 STORM MOTION IS RUNNING 7 TO 15 KTS. IF THE ACTIVITY CAN COALESCE THEN A MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN EVENT COULD DEVELOP. THE LACK OF CLASSIC HVY RAINFALL SYNOPTIC SIGNATURE... APPARENT FEEDBACK AND LOW CONFIDENCE IN BOTH MODELS ABILITY TO FORECAST ELEVATED CONVECTION WILL PRECLUDE FLOOD WATCH ISSUANCE AT THIS TIME. THURSDAY...THE NAM CONTINUES SHOW DEEP MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ACROSS THE NRN ZONES LATE IN THE AFTN/EVENING. PRESUMABLY AS ADVERTISED ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BLACK HILLS AND NWRN NEB AND TRIGGER A MCC OR SOME SORT OF TSRA CLUSTER. SHEAR AND INSTABILITY REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TSRA. POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED. FRIDAY...SFC FRONT WILL PRESUMABLY BE IN SOMEWHERE ACROSS SRN NEB. MOISTURE...SHEAR...INSTABILITY...FOCUS AND ANOTHER UA DISTURBANCE APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER...SEE SWODY3. SATURDAY/SUNDAY...THE NAM AND GFS SUGGEST THE SFC FRONT WILL BE BACKED UP INTO THE FRONT RANGE WITH DRIER MORE STABLE AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE FCST AREA. CONTINUED SLIGHT CHC SHRA/TSRA BUT THIS IS A DOWNGRADE FROM CHC POPS IN THE PREVIOUS FCST. MONDAY THROUGH WEDS...PRESUMABLY...THE PNA HAS DROPPED ENOUGH COOLER AND STABLE AIR SOUTHWARD TO SHUNT ALL THE RAIN INTO KS/OK/N TEX. THE NAM IS NOW SHOWING A MAJOR H5 UA DISTURBANCE LIFTING SLOWLY NEWD THROUGH NEB. THE GFS IS MUCH SLOWER HOLDING THE H5 LOW OVER THE ROCKIES BY WEDS AM. THE CURRENT FCST IS DRY FOR NOW BUT ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE REQUIRED IN LATER FCSTS IF RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY DEVELOPS IN BOTH MODELS. TEMPERATURE FCST...TEMPS CONTINUE TO BE ADJUSTED DOWNWARD SLIGHTLY ABOUT 5 TO 10F BELOW NORMAL DEPENDING ON THE PERCEIVED MAGNITUDE OF THE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE DROPPING INTO THE CNTL PLAINS. && LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && CDC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 356 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-111101- ARTHUR NE-BLAINE NE-BOYD NE-BROWN NE-CHASE NE-CUSTER NE-DEUEL NE- EASTERN CHERRY NE-FRONTIER NE-GARDEN NE-GARFIELD NE-GRANT NE- HAYES NE-HOLT NE-HOOKER NE-KEITH NE-KEYA PAHA NE-LINCOLN NE-LOGAN NE- LOUP NE-MCPHERSON NE-PERKINS NE-ROCK NE-SHERIDAN NE-THOMAS NE- WESTERN CHERRY NE-WHEELER NE- 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 WED AUG 10 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A STATIONARY BOUNDARY WILL MEANDER ALONG THE NEBRASKA AND KANSAS BORDER TONIGHT...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO PLENTIFUL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY SEVERE...TO DEVELOP. OVER THE WEEKEND A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION WITH THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS DECREASING BY THE START OF NEXT WEEK...BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. MASEK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 252 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 NEZ004-005-022>024-035-036-056-057-094-110300- ARTHUR NE-DEUEL NE-EASTERN CHERRY NE-GARDEN NE-GRANT NE-HOOKER NE- KEITH NE-MCPHERSON NE-SHERIDAN NE-WESTERN CHERRY NE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTHUR...BIG SPRINGS...CHAPPELL...GORDON... HAY SPRINGS...MULLEN...OGALLALA...OSHKOSH...RUSHVILLE... TRYON AND VALENTINE 252 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 712 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT (10 PM CDT) FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ARTHUR CHERRY DEUEL GARDEN GRANT HOOKER KEITH MCPHERSON SHERIDAN STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. CDC
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
450 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0446 PM HAIL 16 SW VALENTINE 42.71N 100.77W
08/10/2005 0.25 INCH CHERRY NE PUBLIC
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MASEKThe North Platte radar (KLNX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm outflow winds of 70 MPH moved two anchored sheds off of their foundations, broke large tree limbs and downed power lines.
Thunderstorm outflow winds of 50 MPH caused the derailment of 40 empty coal train cars.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5464947, 5464946.