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 Aug 18, 2:38 AM CST, 7 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
338 AM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006
.DISCUSSION...
TWO MAIN AREAS OF CONVECTION EARLY THIS MORNING...OF COURSE NONE IS
LOCATED ACROSS THIS CWA. SOUTHERN PCPN IS LOCATED IN MAIN TROPICAL
PLUME FROM SOUTHERN AZ INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI. WARM FRONT IS LOCATED
FROM SOUTHWESTERN KS INTO NW MO AS WELL AND FORCING FROM FRONT AND
LLVL JET HELPING TO FIRE STORMS. POOLING OF MOISTURE NORTH OF FRONT
ACROSS SOUTHERN NEB SEEN WITH 70 DEWPOINTS SPREADING ACROSS BULK OF
CWA MINUS FAR NW CORNER WHERE DRY LINE IS RETREATING. THIS FEATURE
SEEMS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ISOLATED CONVECTION THIS AM WITH SOME
WEAK ENERGY EJECTING OUT OF COLORADO ROCKIES. STILL SOME INDICATION
OF WEAK WAVE ACROSS NE COLORADO WITH MERRIMAN PROFILER TAKING ON A
NICE VEERING PROFILE LAST FEW HOURS. FEEL ISOLATED POPS NOT OUT OF
QUESTION ACROSS WESTERN ZONES THIS AM SO KEPT SMALL POPS THERE.
OTHER BATCH OF DECENT CONVECTION IS ACROSS DAKOTAS WHERE MAIN
SYNOPTIC LIFT AHEAD OF NW TROF AND UPPER JET SUPPORT IS KEEPING
STORMS GOING. SFC FRONT AHEAD OF TROF SEEMS TO BE CREEPING TOWARD NW
CORNER OF NEB AS RADAR/OBS SEEM TO INDICATE IT HAS MOVED THROUGH
MOST OF BLACK HILLS AND MAY BE GETTING KICK FROM OUTFLOW. MAIN WX
ACROSS CWA ATTM IS FOG INDUCED FROM DRY LAYER ALOFT AND STRONG
MOISTURE ADVECTION AT LOW LEVELS. NOT REAL CONFIDENT IN
TEMP/PCPN/CONVECTION FORECAST TODAY WITH DEEPER MOISTURE SOUTH AND
MAIN LIFT TO THE NORTH. THERE WILL BE FORCING FROM FRONT MOVING
THROUGH HIGH PLAINS/WESTERN CWA WITH AFTERNOON INVERTED TROF SETTING
UP ACROSS SW CWA INTO NE ZONES. WOULD EXPECT BEST CHANCES OF
CONVECTION TO THEN FIRE EAST OF THIS TROF AND HAVE PLACED HIGHEST
POPS IN THIS AREA WITH MINIMAL ACTIVITY EXPECTED IN THE NORTHWEST.
CLOUDS/NORTHERLY FLOW AND PCPN WILL ALL HAMPER TEMPS TODAY AND
GUIDANCE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER ACROSS SOUTHERN CWA COMPARED TO DAYS
PAST. HAVE TWEAKED DOWN SOME WITH GENERALLY LOW TO MID 80S EXPECTED.
MAIN PUSH OF COOLER AIR LOOKS TO COME DOWN OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPS FOR
SAT IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S...POSSIBLY COOLER IN THE FAR SW
WHERE STRONGER UPSLOPE FLOW AND LINGERING MOISTURE NORTH OF FRONT
MAY KEEP CLOUDS IN PLACE.
&&
.AVIATION...
LOW CLOUDS AND FOG ARE ONCE AGAIN CONCERNS FOR THE AVIATION
FORECAST...ESPECIALLY IN THE SAND HILLS AND THE NORTH/SOUTH PLATTE
RIVER VALLEY. MORE MIDDLE CLOUD COVERAGE THAN THERE WAS YESTERDAY
MORNING WILL PROBABLY RETARD THE LIFTING OF THE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG.
SO FAR...VISIBILITIES IN LBF AND VTN ARE AT OR ABOVE MVFR...AND
CLOUDS MAY KEEP THEM THERE. THE STRATUS IS NOT YET QUITE AS
WIDESPREAD AS IT WAS YESTERDAY. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? IT APPEARS THAT
LBF WILL CONTINUE WITH PREVAILING LIFR HAVING ONLY BRIEF BREAKS
UNTIL ABOUT 14Z. PREVAILING CONDITIONS IN VTN WILL BE MORE VARIABLE
WITH TEMPO IFR CONDITIONS.
&&
&&
.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
13/SPRINGERHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 554 AM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-191100- 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- 554 AM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 /454 AM MDT FRI AUG 18 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FRONT MOVING THROUGH WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL WIND PROFILES ARE NOT FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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) JRS
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 155 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:17 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm outflow winds broke off numerous large tree limbs.
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