A landspout tornado developed with strong thunderstorms in western Nebraska.
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A landspout tornado developed with strong thunderstorms in western 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 9, 2:32 PM CST, 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 332 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WEST OF VALENTINE THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUDS HAVE DECREASED SOME IN THESE AREAS...AND HAS ALLOWED FOR CONDITIONS TO BECOME SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE. LAUNCHED A SPECIAL 18Z SOUNDING TODAY FROM LBF...AND IT HAS INDICATED QUITE A BIT OF DRYING IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS SINCE THIS MORNING. THIS WOULD INDICATE MORE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ALOFT IN THE NORTH PLATTE AREA. SCENARIO EXPECTED TO UNFOLD THIS WAY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SURFACE BASED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA. THEN A COMPLEX OF MORE ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE TOWARD MID EVENING...AND THESE SHOULD TRACK EAST INTO WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AFTER LATE EVENING AS THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE AREA IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. SREF/NAM/GFS ALL SUPPORT THIS...SO HAVE BOOSTED POPS TO LIKELY IN THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED AREAS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. OTHERWISE...CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEBRASKA...SO WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE POPS. STAGNANT WEATHER PATTERN TO CONTINUE THEN FOR THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK...WITH THE STATIONARY FRONT TO REMAIN JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA...WITH A MOIST EASTERLY FLOW AND CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE. BEST CHANCES APPEAR TO BE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AS STORMS DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS AND THEN TRACK EAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HIGHEST POPS WILL REMAIN IN THE WEST...AS HIGH PRESSURE TRIES TO NOSE INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA FROM THE NORTH. TEMPS WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL...AND DOWN RIGHT CHILLY FOR JUNE STANDARDS WEDNESDAY...AS HIGHS ONLY REACHING THE 50S TO LOW 60S DUE TO CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP. TEMPS WILL MODERATE SOME ON THURSDAY...AND THEN WARM A LITTLE MORE ON FRIDAY. MODELS FOR THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK REMAIN NEARLY THE SAME WITH THE OVERALL PATTERN. A GRADUAL WARMING TREND CAN BE EXPECTED HOWEVER...WITH BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE ALSO INCREASING. THE WEST TO EAST STATIONARY FRONT STILL APPEARS IT WILL HANG OUT SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE AREA...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AS UPPER TROUGH REMAINS TO OUR WEST...AND DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW INTERACT WITH THE BOUNDARY. OF NOTE...IT WILL TURN HOT JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN KS AND DOWN INTO TX...AS HIGHS REACH INTO THE 100S IN THESE AREA. WILL WATCH THIS CLOSELY...AS IT/S POSSIBLE THE STATIONARY FRONT COULD SET UP A BIT FURTHER NORTH AND ALLOW SOME OF THIS HOT AIR TO NOSE UP INTO THE AREA. && .AVIATION... LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH KVTN THIS EVENING...EVENTUALLY. BOUNDARY TO THE WEST OF THE TAF SITE IS SLOWLY DRIFTING EAST WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NE ALONG THE BOUNDARY. SHOULD REACH THE KVTN TAF SITE EVENTUALLY AND HAVE TIMED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TAF ALREADY...HOWEVER THE INTENSITY AND LENGTH MAY STILL NEED TO BE UPDATED AS THE STORMS APPROACH. FURTHER SOUTH...AT KLBF...BOUNDARY WELL TO THE WEST. EXPECT AN MCS TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA AND PUSH EAST ACROSS THE AREA. WHILE MODELS KEEP BULK OF PRECIP NORTH OF KLBF...WILL FOLLOW PERSISTENCE IN THE IMPACT OF SHOWERS TO OCCUR IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. BY MORNING...SHOWERS TO PUSH ONTO THE EAST. MAY HOLD ONTO SOME MORNING STRATUS...BUT EVENTUALLY MVFR THEN VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && DISCUSSION...TAYLOR AVIATION...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 307 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-102015- 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- 307 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 /207 PM MDT TUE JUN 9 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SEVERAL BOUNDARIES EXIST OVER THE REGION...AND WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. OVERNIGHT THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO MERGE INTO A COMPLEX THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA. DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE MAKE CONCERN...TRANSITIONING OVERNIGHT INTO HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AS THE ACTIVE UPPER AIR PATTERN CONTINUES...THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OR HEAVY RAINFALL EACH DAY THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. .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 MASEK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1021 AM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 W STAPLETON 41.48N 100.61W
06/09/2009 M1.95 INCH LOGAN NE CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN ARTHUR 41.57N 101.69W
06/09/2009 M1.17 INCH ARTHUR NE MESONET
REPORT FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND
INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 SSE STAPLETON 41.43N 100.48W
06/09/2009 M1.65 INCH LOGAN NE MESONET
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 9 NW ANSELMO 41.71N 99.99W
06/09/2009 M1.31 INCH CUSTER NE MESONET
REPORT FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND
INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 10 SW MULLEN 41.94N 101.18W
06/09/2009 M1.15 INCH HOOKER NE MESONET
REPORT FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND
INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 9 NNE BRULE 41.22N 101.82W
06/09/2009 E1.09 INCH KEITH NE MESONET
REPORT FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND
INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 ESE OGALLALA 41.11N 101.65W
06/09/2009 M1.05 INCH KEITH NE MESONET
REPORT FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND
INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN HALSEY 41.90N 100.27W
06/09/2009 M1.06 INCH BLAINE NE MESONET
REPORT FROM BESSEY REMOTE AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION SITE.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 11 WSW THEDFORD 41.92N 100.77W
06/09/2009 M1.28 INCH THOMAS NE MESONET
REPORT FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND
INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN ARNOLD 41.42N 100.19W
06/09/2009 M1.17 INCH CUSTER NE CO-OP OBSERVER
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CARMELThe North Platte radar (KLNX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:13 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The brief development of a landspout tornado was seen by 2 ranchers. The tornado occurred over open rangeland.
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