A supercell dropped south out of South Dakota and into north central Nebraska late in the evening. and 2 brief tornadoes.
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The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.
A supercell dropped south out of South Dakota and into north central Nebraska late in the evening. The supercell produced strong winds...large hail...and 2 brief tornadoes.
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 24, 2:19 PM CST, 7 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 319 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2009 .DISCUSSION... SURFACE ANALYSYS AT 19Z SHOWED THE WARM FRONT AROSS CENTRAL SD WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING BACK INTO SOUTHWEST SD. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CU FORMING ALONG THESE BOUNDARIES. 18Z SOUNDINGS FROM KLBF AND KUNR SHOW A CONVECTIVE TEMP OF 93/94 TODAY. WITH CONTINUED SOLAR HEATING OVER NEXT FEW HOURS AND GOOD CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THUNDERSTORM INITIATION BY 23Z. SBCIN CONTINUES TO DIMINISH AS MUCAPE VALUES HAVE INCREASE TO AROUND 2000 J/KG. EXPECT SOME SUPERCELLS TO DEVELOP AS SURFACE VORTICITY AND EHI VALUES INCREASE. IF SUPERCELLS DEVELOP...STORM MOTION SHOULD BE TO THE SOUTHEAST WHICH WOULD TAKE IT INTO BETTER MOISTURE. THE MAIN WEATHER THREAT WITH THE STORMS IS STRONG WIND GUSTS...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS NOT RULED OUT. SOUTHEAST WINDS THURSDAY CONTINUE TO KEEP THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE AREA. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS EASTWARD ALLOWING SEVERAL SHORTWAVES TO PUSH INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MLCAPE VALUES INCREASE TO >3000 J/KG OVER THE CENTRAL SANDHILLS BY LATE AFTERNOON AND INCREASING IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. WILL LIKELY SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF SVR WX AS WARM AIR ADVECTION INCREASES AND GFS/NAM ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT BRINGING AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA FRIDAY. THE GFS IS MUCH QUICKER MOVING THIS TROUGH THROUGH AND BRINGING IN DRIER NORTHWEST FLOW THAN THE NAM. AS WINDS SWITCH AROUND TO THE DRIER NORTH-NORTHWEST DOWNSLOPE FLOW...THINK SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS AMPLIFIES OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS WITH NORTHWEST FLOW DOMINANT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. GFS/ECMWF DEVELOP A VERY INTENSE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION EARLY IN THE WEEK WITH THE LBF FORECAST AREA BETWEEN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SYSTEMS. THEREFORE WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY UNTIL TUE NIGHT AS GULF MOISTURE CREEPS BACK INTO THE HIGH PLAINS. && .AVIATION... STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCES LOOK TO BE EAST OF THE KVTN/KLBF TAF SITES WITH ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED CHANCES KEEPING TSRA OUT OF THE PRIMARY CONDITIONS. HOWEVER AIRCRAFT WILL NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF ANY THUNDERSTORM IN THE VCNTY OF TAF SITES AS HAIL AND VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO A THREAT WHICH WOULD MOST LIKELY LOWER VSBY CRITERIA TO MVFR/IFR IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION VFR CONDITIONS LOOK TO PREVAIL. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && DDB/13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 329 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2009 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-252030- 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- 329 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2009 /229 PM MDT WED JUN 24 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SURFACE BOUNDARIES LAYING ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA COULD AGAIN BE THE FOCUS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING. HOWEVER THE AREA MOST LIKELY FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LOOKS TO BE NORTH OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TO A LOW IN SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS WOULD PUT THE GREATEST RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO ALONG AND EAST OF A VALENTINE THROUGH BROKEN BOW LINE WHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. OUTSIDE THIS AREA THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE MORE ISOLATED IN NATURE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A POSSIBILITY WITH ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS THIS EVENING AS WELL. AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL ON TUESDAY NIGHT MAY BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING...STAY TUNED TO LOCAL STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. MOISTURE AND WEAK DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE LOCATED OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE MAY BRING THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE OUTLOOK AREA FRIDAY..THEN SWEEP ACROSS OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT...SOME WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE. LITTLE OR NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THEN...AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO RETURN MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE CENTER MIGRATES WEST INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST...AND NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL ENHANCE THE CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON AND NIGHTTIME THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE 13
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:41 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The strong thunderstorm winds took down power lines.
The strong winds broke numerous tree branches.
Numerous large tree branches were broken.
A tornado touched down north of Newport and overturned 2 center pivot irrigation systems, moved a 5000 bushel gran bin approximately 75 yards, snapped a large electrical transmission line pole, snapped a smaller wooden power pole, broke off numerous tree limbs, damaged the roof of an outbuilding, and picked up and spun around an empty grain truck traveling on Highway 20. The truck was heading west and was picked up and deposited in the south ditch. A storm chaser on Highway 20 also witnessed the tornado.
Rock County spotters reported a funnel cloud just north and west of Newport.
Rock County sheriff reported a funnel cloud along Highway 137 north of Newport.
Two power poles were snapped off at the ground. Large tree branches were broken too.
Thunderstorm winds destroyed a grain bin and a grain dryer.
A storm chaser reported intense straight line winds following a brief tornado.
The fire department spotters reported nickel size hail.
The winds broke tree branches and were accompanied by hail up to one half inch in diameter.
Strong winds accompanied the hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 2009Warnings in Nebraska, June 2009
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: 169315, 169311, 169316, 169317, 169326, 169309, 169310, 169318, 169322, 169325, 169312, 169319, 169313, 169323.