4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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, 2:04 PM CST, 7 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 304 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 .SYNOPSIS... 19Z LAPS SHOWS MOST OF THE CWA WITH AT LEAST 100 J/KG CIN. LOWEST VALUES IN THE NW WITH NEAR ZERO ACROSS SW SD. IR SHOWS MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS OVER A MAJORITY OF THE EASTERN CWA WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING NEAR AND NORTH OF THE NIOBRARA RIVER. WV SHOWS DRY AIR PUSHING STEADILY SE AT AROUND 15KT. MSAS ANALYZES A MESO HIGH CENTERED NEAR KANW. SURFACE TROUGH IS ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE ZONES...WITH OBS AT 20Z INDICATING 95/36 WITH NW WINDS AT KSNY AND 91/52 WITH ESE WINDS AT KOGA. && .DISCUSSION... CONVECTION CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ARE THE FIRST ISSUE. NAM SOUNDINGS AT KVTN INDICATE SB CONVECTION COULD OCCUR WITH NO CIN BY 00Z. TEMPS WILL HAVE TO GET INTO THE MID 90S FOR THIS. CU DEVELOPING OVER THE BLACK HILLS IN EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW MAY INDICATE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME TSRA WHICH WOULD INITIATE A S/WV. THIS WOULD THEN TRACK TO THE SOUTHEAST ON NW FLOW AND INCREASE CHANCES FOR CONVECTION ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL. AMOUNT OF MID LEVEL INSTABILITY PROVIDES THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE. WITHOUT HIGH SB CAPES...IDEA IS THAT WIND AND HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN ISSUE. SHOULD CONVECTION MAKE IT INTO NORTHEAST ZONES...INSTABILITY THERE THE GREATEST WHICH WOULD TRANSLATE INTO MORE LIKELY SEVERE. MODELS ALL PROG CONVECTION TO DIMINISH NEAR MIDNIGHT. DRY AIR EVIDENT IN TIME HEIGHTS AND MOISTURE NEAR THE SURFACE TRANSLATES INTO FOG CHANCES EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SOME LOCALLY DENSE FOG DOES APPEAR POSSIBLE...SO A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED AS THE SITUATION UNFOLDS AFTER MIDNIGHT. AREAS IN THE MOUNTAIN TIME ZONES APPEAR MUCH LESS LIKELY TO SEE ANY SIGNIFICANT FOG. FOCUS TURNS TO CONVECTION CHANCES TOMORROW. WENT CLOSER TO THE NAM SOLUTION...DESPITE LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THE MODEL...AS CONVERGENCE ALONG THE SURFACE TROUGH IN THE PANHANDLE WEAKENING THE CAP AND INITITATING A FEW STORM SEEMS REASONABLE. LIMITED POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST. WILL HOLD OFF ON ADDING ANYTHING TO THE REST OF THE CWA AS THE GFS WOULD SUGGEST DUE TO LACK OF A SURFACE FORCING. INSTABILITY WILL BE THERE...POSSIBILY AROUND 3K J/KG...SO QUESTION WILL BE AMOUNT OF CIN. WITH LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH DAKOTA OVERNIGHT...LOW LEVEL JET CONVECTION SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE DAKOTAS. FORECAST THEN TURNS HOT AND WINDY...ESPECIALLY EASTERN ZONES...AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT ON SATURDAY. WHETHER CONVECTION DEVELOPS DURING THE AFTERNOON LOOKS TO BE A CHALLENGE. FOR THAT REASON NO UPGRADE OF POPS MADE. GFS IS DRY THROUGH 00Z. IF FRONT LAGS AS GFS PROGS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT...BEST CONVECTIVE CHANCES WEST AND NORTH OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. FOR NOW NO ADJUSTMENT TO POPS MAINTAINING AROUND A 30 POP UP NORTH. UNDER THIS SCENARIO...BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE SUNDAY...WITH BEST CHANCES FOR RAINFALL SUNDAY NIGHT ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN ZONES. THIS LEADS TO COOL WEATHER FOR MONDAY WITH HIGHS EXPECTED NEAR 80. HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES INTO THE REGION WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTHWESTERN ZONES FALLING INTO THE LOW 50S. TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF ANY UPPER 40S WILL BE POSSIBLE. TUESDAY MORNING LOOKS TO BE THE COOLEST. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THEREAFTER THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WOULD BRING TEMPS BACK TO CLIMO AND INCREASE CHANCES FOR TSRA ON WEDNESDAY. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && JMC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 341 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-112045- 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- 341 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 /241 PM MDT THU AUG 10 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2. THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE THRU THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...WITH RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTHWEST NEBRASKA. THEN A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE) MASEK
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:28 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm outflow winds broke off numerous 6 to 7 inch diameter tree limbs.
Numerous 6 inch diameter tree limbs were broken and large tress were uprooted by thunderstorm outflow winds.
Numerous 8 inch diameter tree limbs were broken by strong thunderstorm outflow winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, August 2006
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: 5525536, 5525538, 5525537, 5525539, 5525540, 5525541.