Isolated thunderstorms developed over the eastern Panhandle and southwest Nebraska late on August 4th and continued producing hail until the early morning hours of August 5th.
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Isolated thunderstorms developed over the eastern Panhandle and southwest Nebraska late on August 4th and continued producing hail until the early morning hours of August 5th.
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 Aug 4, 1:49 PM MST, 6 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 349 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008 .SYNOPSIS... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST TO THE SOUTH OVER KANSAS. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT IN THE NEAR TERM WITH A BLEND FOR PRECIPITATION USED. CONVECTION HAS BEEN RUNNING ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A SURFACE LOW IS TRYING TO GET ORGANIZED ALONG THE BOUNDARY OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND CONVECTION FIRING ALONG FRONT RANGE INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO. HAVE LEANED TOWARDS GFS SOLUTION WHICH HAS A BETTER HANDLE ON ONGOING PRECIPITATION TODAY. WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES ATTM WILL INTERACT WITH BOUNDARY AND HAVE INCREASED TO CHANCE POPS TONIGHT. 4000 JOULES/KG PROGGED ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARY THIS EVENING. ALL OF WESTERN NEBRASKA SUSCEPTIBLE TO SEVERE TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WITH MID AND UPPER FLOW FROM SOUTHWEST MONSOON RIGHT OVER THE FORECAST AREA SYSTEMS WILL HAVE PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH. HAVE CUT TEMPERATURES BACK ON TUESDAY WITH CLOUD COVER AND RESIDUAL PRECIPITATION. BOUNDARY WILL AGAIN BE THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FOCUS FROM THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY WITH CAPE VALUES AGAIN AROUND 4000 JOULES/KG AND UPPER SYSTEM DIVING THROUGH FAST NORTHWEST FLOW INTERACTING WITH BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS EAST. IN THE EXTENDED THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY SERIES OF BACKDOOR FRONTS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AS UPPER SYSTEMS DROP INTO GREAT LAKES TROUGH WITH SLIGHT BLOCKING DOWNSTREAM. COOLER TOWARDS THE WEEKEND WITH GRADUAL COOL DOWN AS RIDGE TO THE WEST TRIES TO MOVE EAST INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. NORTHWEST FLOW WILL GO ALONG WITH THE 8 TO 10 DAY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. && .AVIATION... ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. DEVELOP IS EXPECTED OVER THE FRONT RANGE/WESTERN NEBRASKA WITH STORMS THEM MOVING EAST. ANY THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING A REDUCTION OF CIGS AND VSBY TO MVFR AND POSSIBLE BRIEFLY TO IFR CATEGORY. RESIDUAL MOISTURE IN THE WAKE OF THE STORMS HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF LOW MVFR STRATUS AND/OR MVFR/IFR FOG. CONDITIONS IMPROVE TO VFR TOMORROW MORNING ACROSS THE REGION. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && MASEK/POWER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 804 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-051030- 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- 804 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008 /704 PM MDT MON AUG 4 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN IS THE MAIN THREAT...HOWEVER SOME ISOLATED STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...A STATIONARY FRONT WILL MEANDER NORTH AND SOUTH ACROSS NEBRASKA ACTING AS A FOCUS FOR STORM DEVELOP LATE IN THE DAY OR AT NIGHT. WINDS ALOFT WILL REMAIN STRONG SUPPORTING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...INTENSE RAINFALL AND WIND DAMAGE. LOCAL STORM ENVIRONMENTS MAY SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BRIEF TORNADO. .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 CLB
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 175 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:56 UTC.
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Marble to golfball size hail and 50 MPH winds chipped the paint from the siding of a house and cracked two windows.
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