An upper level disturbance, embedded in northwesterly flow aloft, and abundant low level moisture triggered scattered thunderstorms with hail across portions of southwestern and north central Nebraska.
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The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance, embedded in northwesterly flow aloft, and abundant low level moisture triggered scattered thunderstorms with hail across portions of southwestern and north central Nebraska.
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 Jun 21, 1:48 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
248 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS EXTENDS SOUTHEAST FROM EAST
CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH WRN KANSAS. A WEAK FRONT DRIFTING SOUTH
THROUGH THE CENTRAL SANDHILLS EARLY AFTN. CU FIELD BUILDING INVOF
FRONT WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
ONGOING ISOLATED TSRA WILL REMAIN FOCUSED NEAR SFC FRONT AND
GENERATED OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WHICH SHOULD WASH OUT PRIOR TO 03Z
ALONG WITH WEAK DISTURBANCE WHICH WILL HAVE ALREADY EXITED INTO SERN
NEBR BY THEN.
SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT...THE UPPER RIDGE ADVANCES EASTWARD AND FLATTENS
AS A STRONGER WAVE EXITS THE PAC NW AND MOVES ACROSS THE NRN
ROCKIES. SFC LOW PRESSURE DEEPENING ACROSS SERN WY AND ERN CO WILL
CAUSE WINDS IN WRN NEBR TO BACK TO THE EAST BY EARLY EVENING. THIS
WILL CAUSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING SUNDAY AFTN TO MOVE
INTO WRN NEBR DURING THE EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE DUE TO LEAD H7 WAVE AND MODERATE INSTABILITY WITH MUCAPES IN
LOWEST 1KM OF 1000 TO 2000J/KG. LACKING WILL BE WEAK DEEP LAYER
SHEAR OF 30KTS OR LESS WHICH WILL HINDER LONGEVITY OF ANY ONE STORM.
MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT...A MORE ORGANIZED EVENT TO UNFOLD MONDAY
AFTN/EVENING. MUCAPES HIGH AOA 3000 J/KG BY 21Z SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2.
DEEP LAYER SHEAR FAVORABLE AT 35-45KTS FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT.
THUS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTN
AND EVENING.
TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO FALL TO A SLIGHT
CHANCE AS MAIN DISTURBANCE WILL HAVE PASSED EAST OF AREA MONDAY
NIGHT. STILL SOME WEAK INSTABILITY IN ZONAL FLOW ALOFT.
LONGER TERM DISCUSSION (WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) RIDGE RUNNERS
PERSIST DAILY AS HIGHS REACH THE UPPER 80S EACH DAY. FEEL THAT
SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL BE LESS DUE TO WARMER AIR ALOFT FROM UPPER
RIDGE INFLUENCE AND WEAK WIND FIELDS AS WELL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE A GREATER CHANCE WITH AMPLE MOISTURE AVAILABLE FOR
CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES WHICH MAY FORM WITH A SLOW STORM MOTION.
&&
.AVIATION DISCUSSION...
A WEAK S/W TROUGH OVER THE DAKOTAS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD
EASTERN NEB SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL INTERACT WITH
A MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND AN AREA OF WEAK SFC CONVERGENCE
OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEB...RESULTING IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. SCT CLOUDINESS AT 9000 FT MAY OCCUR AT
KVTN...BUT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM MAY DEVELOP CLOSE TO THE KLBF
TERMINAL AFTER 21Z. SIMILAR TO FRIDAY...THE PROBABILITY OF A STORM
PASSING OVER THE TERMINAL REMAINS LOW...THEREFORE DID NOT INCLUDE IN
THE LATEST TAF FCST. AFTER 00Z SUNDAY...A WEAK BOUNDARY WILL MOVE
SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION...CAUSING SFC WINDS TO BECOME VARIABLE AT
BOTH KVTN AND KLBF. STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE LEE OF THE
ROCKIES WILL THEN CAUSE WINDS TO BECOME EASTERLY BY LATE SUNDAY
MORNING.
&&
.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&
ROBERG/GARNERHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 316 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-222030- 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- 316 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 /216 PM MDT SAT JUN 21 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR STORM FORMATION WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN OSHKOSH TO THEDFORD TO SPENCER NEBRASKA LINE. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. A STATIONARY FRONT IS EXPECTED TO FOCUS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND EASTERN WYOMING ON SUNDAY. THESE STORMS WILL THEN MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA SUNDAY NIGHT. INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ON MONDAY...A SEASONALLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WITH THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN DEVELOPING FROM WYOMING INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO. DUE TO STRONG LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE WINDS VEERING AND INCREASING IN SPEED IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...SOME OF THE STORMS ON MONDAY MAY BE SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY EVENING. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE GARNER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
249 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0423 PM HAIL 5 N MAYWOOD 40.73N 100.62W
06/18/2008 E1.00 INCH LINCOLN NE PUBLIC
&&
BTAYLORPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
256 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM HAIL 8 ESE WESTERVILLE 41.35N 99.25W
06/18/2008 E2.00 INCH CUSTER NE OTHER FEDERAL
&&
BTAYLORThe North Platte radar (KLNX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:15 UTC.
11 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
In addition to quarter sized hail, very heavy rain and wind gusts to 50 MPH were reported. Visibilities were a quarter mile during the heavy rain.
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