An upper level disturbance helped spark scattered thunderstorms, some of which were severe, across Nebraska during the late morning and afternoon hours on August 16th.
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The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance helped spark scattered thunderstorms, some of which were severe, across Nebraska during the late morning and afternoon hours on August 16th.
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 16, 2:59 AM CST, 9 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 359 AM CDT MON AUG 16 2010 .SYNOPSIS... ELONGATED NW TO SE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR THE BLACK HILLS THIS MORNING...AND MOVING SE. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING NEXT WAVE/SPIN PUSHING ACROSS NEVADA. ANOTHER WEAK DISTURBANCE OVER NE NEW MEXICO. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS STRUGGLING WITH TODAY...THEN HAVE GREATER AGREEMENT TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. MAIN QUESTION IS PRECIP CHANCES THE NEXT DAY OR SO. LOW REDEVELOPS ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROCKIES...LATER THIS MORNING. AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPING LOW...AND OVER WESTERN ZONES...MODELS SHOWING SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SOME ISOLD SHOWERS...THAT WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE DAY AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS ACITIVITY BECOMES MORE SURFACE BASED. BY TONIGHT THE LOW WILL BEGIN TO PUSH OUT OF CO ALONG THE NEB/KS BORDER. GOOD AGREEMENT THAT A COMPLEX OF STORMS TO DEVELOP WITH THE LOW. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO SOME DECENT RAINFALL ACROSS SW NEB. FURTHER N...STILL HAVE SOME WEAK INSTABILITY AND EXPECT SOME SCT SHOWERS TO DEVELOP...HOWEVER QPF VALUES RELATIVELY LIGHT. TO THE SOUTH PW/S INCREASE TO AT LEAST 1.5 INCHES...WITH THE GFS NEARING 1.75...THUS HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. FF GUIDANCE NEAR OR ABOVE 2 INCHES...AND EXPECT MOVEMENT TO BE QUICK ENOUGH TO KEEP FROM THAT MUCH RAINFALL ACCUMULATING. TROF FINALLY DEPARTS ON TUESDAY WITH TEMPS STILL BELOW NORMAL IN THE LOWER 80S. LL JET DEVELOPS TUESDAY NIGHT AND MAY SPARK A FEW SHOWERS ON THE NOSE...WHICH IS ACROSS WESTERN/CENTRAL S DAKOTA AND BORDERING NRN NEB. SW INTO C NEB WILL SEE A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AND MOS GUIDANCE SUGGEST FOG DEVELOPMENT. MODELS HAVE LATELY BEEN UNDERDOING SURF DEW PTS...SO THINK FOG IS LIKELY AND HAVE ADDED. WEAK RIDGING FOR WEDNESDAY AND DRY WITH WARMER TEMPS EXPECTED...CLOSER TO 90. THEN NEXT TROF ARRIVES WED NIGHT...WITH A SLOW MOVING LOW TRACKING ACROSS S DAKOTA INTO MN/IA BY THURSDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER SHOT AT PRECIPITATION AND COOLER TEMPS. RIDGE REDEVELOPS FOR THE WEEKEND WITH SEASONABLE WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS AT 8000 TO 10000 FT AGL WILL BEGIN TO STREAM IN FROM THE WEST LATER TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE LIFTS INTO THE CENTRAL AND HIGH PLAINS. A DECENT CHANCE EXISTS FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY AT THE KLBF TERMINAL. FOR THE 12Z TAF ISSUANCE...WILL PLAN TO FOLLOW THE SLOWER GFS SOLN VS. THE FASTER NAM SOLN. THE NAM BREAKS OUT WIDESPREAD CONVECTION BY 18Z LATER THIS MORNING WHICH SEEMS A LITTLE UNLIKELY GIVEN THE LACK OF UPSTREAM CLOUDINESS ATTM. UTILIZING THE GFS SOLN YIELDS CONVECTIVE CLOUDINESS AND TSRAS ARRIVING IN THE 22Z TO 02Z TIME FRAME TONIGHT. A STORM OR TWO COULD BE ON THE STRONG TO SEVERE SIDE WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS TO 40 KTS AND SMALL HAIL UP TO A HALF AN INCH IN DIAMETER. CLOUDINESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISTURBANCE SHOULD LIFT OUT OF THE AREA AFTER 06Z TONIGHT WITH MAINLY CLEAR SKIES THERE AFTER. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SYNOPSIS/DISCUSSION...MASEK AVIATION...CLB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 530 AM CDT MON AUG 16 2010 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-171030- 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- 530 AM CDT MON AUG 16 2010 /430 AM MDT MON AUG 16 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. INCREASED MOISTURE AND AFTERNOON HEATING WILL DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE...LEADING TO THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. FOR THE MOST PART...THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE WEST OF A LINE FROM HAYES CENTER...TO MULLEN TO MERRIMAN. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS. LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AS A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .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), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:43 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A fast moving supercell thunderstorm produced severe criteria wind gusts north of the Stuart area.
A fast moving supercell thunderstorm produced severe criteria wind gusts north of Atkinson.
A metal pole building was blown off it's foundation due to wind gusts associated with a severe thunderstorm. Power lines were also blown down.
Thunderstorms produced severe criteria wind gusts in the O'Neill area.
Severe criteria wind gusts were observed at the O'Neill airport from a fast moving supercell thunderstorm.
Severe criteria wind gusts were reported in Ewing from a fast moving supercell thunderstorm.
Severe criteria winds gusts were reported from a thunderstorm south of the Arnold area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, August 2010
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: 249169, 249168, 249170, 249174, 249175, 249176, 249172, 249173.