On June 21, lightning struck a tree next to a home that caused the house to catch on fire. The resident was an elderly male that died of smoke inhalation.
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On June 21, lightning struck a tree next to a home that caused the house to catch on fire. The resident was an elderly male that died of smoke inhalation.
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, 3:28 AM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 428 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2010 .SYNOPSIS... STALLED BOUNDARY CONTINUES NEAR THE NEB/KS BORDER. LARGE MCS HAS EXITED THE CWA. HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SW NEB WITH IML ASOS MEASURING OVER 3 INCHES. UPPER LEVELS SHOW TROF OVER THE NW AND BROAD RIDGE OVER THE S CENTRAL AND SE CONUS. THIS PLACES THE CENTRAL PLAINS IN AN ACTIVE PATTERN. && .DISCUSSION... PERSISTENCE WAS USED AS A STARTING POINT FOR THE FORECAST. MODELS HAVE STRUGGLED GREATLY ON POSITIONING OF THE STALLED EAST/WEST BOUNDARY ALONG THE NEB/KS BORDER. MODELS KEEP PUSHING BOUNDARY NORTH...HOWEVER IT HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THUS FAVOR A SOUTHERN TRACK OF ALL THE MODELS. SURFACE FLOW CONTINUES TO BE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST AND THIS WILL KEEP MOISTURE HIGH ACROSS THE REGION. MORNING STRATUS POSSIBLE...AND SHOULD BURN OFF BY LATE MORNING. THIS WILL HELP BOOST TEMPS INTO THE 80S...ALTHOUGH IF STRATUS HANGS INTO THE AFTERNOON...SOME LOCATIONS MAY NOT LEAVE THE 70S. TONIGHT MODELS IN AGREEMENT ANOTHER COMPLEX TO DEVELOP ALONG/NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY AND MOVE EAST. QUESTIONS IS LOCATION OF THE BOUNDARY AND SUBSEQUENT LOCATION OF MCS. AS HAS OCCURRED THE PAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE COMPLEX...AND WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR MORE FLOODING. HAVE OPTED NOT TO EXTEND WATCH DUE TO HAVING FLASH FLOOD WARNING CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. DAY SHIFT WILL MONITOR BOUNDARY AND MAY ISSUED ANOTHER WATCH LATER TODAY FOR TONIGHT. BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN FOR TOMORROW NIGHT WITH MORE CONCERNS FOR HEAVY RAIN. REST OF THE FORECAST REMAINS ACTIVE...WITH NEARLY DAILY OCCURRENCE OF SHORT WAVES AND RAIN CHANCES TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPS TO REMAIN SEASONAL THROUGH THE WEEK. TROF/FRONT TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA && .AVIATION... THERE ARE SOME HINTS OF MVFR OR IFR CEILINGS AND/OR VISIBILITY IN THE FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM THAT JUST WENT THROUGH COULD HELP PRODUCE FOG OR STRATUS. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH IN THAT SCENARIO. SO...WE WILL NOT INCLUDE CRITICAL CEILINGS OR VISIBILITY IN THE TAF FOR KLBF. THERE IS MORE OF A CONSENSUS AMONG THE VARIOUS FORECASTS THAT NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL HAVE AT LEAST MVFR CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLY IFR. FOR NOW...WE INCLUDE MVFR IN THE TAF FOR KVTN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE TOWARD THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...BUT WE WILL NOT INCLUDE THUNDER IN THE TAFS FOR KLBF AND KVTN. && .HYDROLOGY... NO CHANGE TO REASONING ON THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER OR THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR LISCO AND LEWELLEN ON THE NORTH PLATTE AND ROSCOE ON THE SOUTH PLATTE. HIGH CONCERN FOR POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT TWO NIGHTS AS STORM COMPLEXES EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS. EXACT LOCATION STILL UNCERTAIN SO MORE DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT HIGHEST LOCATIONS OF CONCERN. THIS MAY ADD MORE STRAIN TO AREA FILLED CREEKS AND RIVERS. ANOTHER WATCH IS LIKELY ONCE AREA OF CONCERN BECOMES MORE CERTAIN. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 6 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR NEZ038. && SHORT TERM/EXTENDED...MASEK AVIATION...SPRINGER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 308 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-212015- 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- 308 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010 /208 PM MDT SUN JUN 20 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE EXISTS OVER THE FORECAST AREA. AN EAST TO WEST FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL TRAVERSE NORTH ACROSS NEBRASKA SERVING AS THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS IS EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS...HOWEVER GIVEN SUFFICIENT SHEAR IN THE ATMOSPHERE...THE THREAT OF A TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. LATER IN THE EVENT...AS A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS OVERNIGHT...THE STORMS WILL TRANSITION INTO A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. GIVEN RECENT RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF THE REGION...FLOODING OF CREEKS AND RIVERS IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IF THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN AND NEAR THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH MID WEEK...ALLOWING FOR THE POTENTIAL OF MORE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED...THUS HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY IN THE REGION...THIS WOULD EXACERBATE THE FLOODING THREAT FURTHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE JACOBS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
136 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1245 AM HAIL 5 NW WAUNETA 40.47N 101.44W
06/21/2010 E1.00 INCH CHASE NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
LOCATION AND TIME ARE ESTIMATED.
0120 AM HAIL N WAUNETA 40.42N 101.37W
06/21/2010 E1.00 INCH CHASE NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
ON AND OFF HAIL FOR ABOUT THE PAST HOUR WITH THE LARGEST
GETTING TO QUARTER SIZE SEVERAL TIMES.
0124 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 NW WAUNETA 40.47N 101.44W
06/21/2010 CHASE NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER IS RUNNING OVER OLD WAUNETA ROAD AND OTHER COUNTY
ROADS NORTHWEST OF WAUNETA.
&&
MASEKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
159 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0153 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 E IMPERIAL 40.52N 101.62W
06/21/2010 M2.75 INCH CHASE NE ASOS
MEASURED 2 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL.
&&
MASEKThe North Platte radar (KLNX), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:02 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
On June 21st lightning struck a tree next to a home that caused the house to catch on fire. The resident was an elderly male that died of smoke inhalation.
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