A northward advancing warm front was a focus for thunderstorm development over portions of north central Nebraska during the afternoon hours on April 23rd, 2010. Small hail was reported with a few of the stronger storms while multiple reports of funnel clouds were reported in southern Grant county.
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The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.
A northward advancing warm front was a focus for thunderstorm development over portions of north central Nebraska during the afternoon hours on April 23rd, 2010. Small hail was reported with a few of the stronger storms while multiple reports of funnel clouds were reported in southern Grant county.
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 Apr 23, 12:27 PM MST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 227 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2010 .SYNOPSIS... STACKED UPPER SYSTEM SPINNING OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO AS SEEN IN WV. BROAD CLOUD SHIELD WITH RADAR RETURNS INTO COLORADO WYOMING NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND HAVE GOOD CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST. CONVECTIVE THREAT TO CARRY INTO MID EVENING. HAVE TRANSITIONED TO SHOWERS AFTER 10 PM WITH ISOLATED T SOUTH AND EAST. 3HOUR PRESSURE CHANGE HAS SYSTEM SLOWLY PULLING EAST INTO KANSAS. SATURDAY WILL SEE DEFORMATION ZONE PULLING EAST ACROSS FORECAST AREA WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. PW'S STILL PRETTY HIGH BUT FFG STILL IN 1 INCH CATEGORY AND ABOVE FOR 1 HOUR AND HEAVIEST RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH THE WESTERN NEBRASKA SANDHILLS. SUNDAY MOSTLY CLOUDY AS NEXT SYSTEM MOVES INTO CENTRAL CANADA. A FAST MOVING SYSTEM IN NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH SHOWERS EXPECTED. SHARPER RIDGE BUILDING INTO WESTERN CONUS AND HAVE UPPED LOWS AND HIGHS THROUGH THURSDAY IN ADVANCE OF NEXT SYSTEM DROPPING INTO NORTHERN PLAINS. OPEN WAVE AT 500MB. HAVE INTRODUCED SOME SCHC POPS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CHANCE POPS ON THURSDAY AS COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH SYSTEM HANGING UP OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA AND HAVE END OF FORECAST DRY FOR NOW. ENSEMBLE MEANS HAVING LARGE STANDARD DEVIATIONS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH APPROACHING SYSTEM. HAVE TRENDED TOWARDS HPC GUIDANCE. && .AVIATION... NUMEROUS SHWRS/TSTMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH A TRANSITION TO JUST SHWRS AFTER 06Z. SOME TSTMS COULD BE SVR EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A KONL TO KAIA LINE. WIDESPREAD MVFR AND AREAS OF IFR CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. SFC WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AT 10 TO 20 KTS AFTER 06Z. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM CDT / 7PM MDT/THIS EVENING FOR NEZ022>029-035>038-056-057-059. && SHORT TERM/EXTENDED...POWER AVIATION...TAYLOR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 517 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2010 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-242230- 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- 517 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2010 /417 PM MDT FRI APR 23 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA EARLY THIS EVENING. A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM HAS PUSHED INTO NORTHERN NEBRASKA...AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA IN THE VICINITY OF THE WARM FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE... WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW ITSELF WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE TAYLOR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 416 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2010 NEZ005-008-232200- BROWN NE-EASTERN CHERRY NE- 416 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY AND WESTERN BROWN COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 416 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WILLOW LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF BREWSTER...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... LONG LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA... MOON LAKE... SCHULTZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 422 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2010 NEZ009-232200- ROCK NE- 422 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN ROCK COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 417 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF ROSE...OR 24 MILES NORTH OF TAYLOR...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM... ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... PONY LAKE... TWIN LAKES STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA... HIGHWAY 183 MILE MARKER 170... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TAYLOR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 442 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2010 NEZ024-025-094-232230- HOOKER NE-THOMAS NE-WESTERN CHERRY NE- 342 PM MDT FRI APR 23 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN CHERRY...NORTHEASTERN HOOKER AND NORTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM MDT/530 PM CDT/... AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SENECA...OR 12 MILES EAST OF MULLEN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM... ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MULLEN... SENECA... HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 80... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TAYLOR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 456 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2010 NEZ005-232245- EASTERN CHERRY NE- 456 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SCHLAGEL CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM... ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER AROUND 505 PM CDT. VALENTINE AROUND 515 PM CDT. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS....FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TAYLOR
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
516 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM HAIL 6 N MULLEN 42.13N 101.04W
04/23/2010 E0.50 INCH CHERRY NE TRAINED SPOTTER
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SPRINGERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 533 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2010 NEZ022-023-232315- GARDEN NE-GRANT NE- 433 PM MDT FRI APR 23 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GRANT AND NORTHEASTERN GARDEN COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM MDT... AT 431 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPRING VALLEY LAKE...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF ARTHUR...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. WEAK ROTATION IS ALSO INDICATED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... SWEDE LAKE... DOMINICK LAKE... ASHBY... KINCAID LAKE... HIGHWAY 61 MILE MARKER 150... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS....FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TAYLOR
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:36 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple reports of funnel clouds from the public were received by the Grant County sheriff's office. One of the funnels was photographed by a storm spotter in Hooker County.
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