Severe thunderstorms containing damaging winds and large hail occurred across portions of Cherry, Grant, Sheridan, Garden, and Keith county during the evening hours on June 24th, 2011.
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The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms containing damaging winds and large hail occurred across portions of Cherry, Grant, Sheridan, Garden, and Keith county during the evening hours on June 24th, 2011.
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, 1:08 PM MST, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 308 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE OVER WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON HAS ALREADY STARTED TO FIRE STORMS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE SURFACE TROUGH. THE WESTERLY FLOW WILL PUSH THE STORMS TO THE EAST INTO TONIGHT. MODELS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS FORMING A MCS THAT MOVES ACROSS THE CWA. MAJORITY OF THE MODELS FAVOR NORTHERN NEBRASKA...HOWEVER THE NAM DOES TAKE THE SYSTEM MORE INTO SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. STORMS SHOULD BE PROGRESSIVE...HOWEVER RICH MOIST ENVIRONMENT /PRECIP H2O FROM 1.25 TO 1.50 INCHES/ WILL ALLOW STORMS TO BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINFALL. SHORT TERM FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE FROM JUST OVER AN INCH TO AROUND 1.75 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA...LOWEST IN SW NEB AND PORTIONS OF N CENTRAL. THUS WILL HOIST FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF THE AREA TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE FLOOD THREAT...THE STRONGEST STORMS...ESPECIALLY EARLY ON ACROSS THE WEST...WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ANY STORM ALONG A BOUNDARY COULD HAVE ENOUGH ROTATION TO PRODUCE AN ISOLATED TORNADO. .LONGTERM...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... THERE IS SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES IN THE NEAR TERM WITH FORECAST TRENDED TOWARD A BLEND OF THE GFS/ECMWF MODELS. THE STORMY PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WHERE THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXIST MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTH AND NORTH CENTRAL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. HOWEVER THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXIST THROUGHOUT AS EMBEDDED WAVES MOVE EAST. AN EXTENDED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL EXTEND SOUTHEAST ON THE HIGH PLAINS INTO THE CENTRAL THAT WILL REMAIN THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SATURDAY EARLY MORNING CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTH THEN THE SEVERE THREAT TO SHIFT EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 BY EVENING. PRECIPITABLE WATER RATIOS ARE OVER AN INCH WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AS WELL. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED UNTIL LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS THE MAIN SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES EAST. THE MODELS ARE SLOWER PUSHING THE SYSTEM EAST WHERE INCREASINGLY SATURATED GROUNDS WILL RESULT IN MORE RUNOFF AND POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING AS STORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS. TEMPERATURES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S. MONDAY SLIGHTLY COOLER AS THE FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES EAST. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES SHOULD REACH INTO THE UPPER 70S NORTH TO MID 80S SOUTHWEST. THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DECREASES AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST OTHERWISE TURNING DRIER AND WARMER THROUGH FRIDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS FROM THE WEST COAST EAST TO THE PLAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND TO THE EAST THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL STEP UPWARDS EACH DAY AND PEAK ON THURSDAY AS SOUTH WINDS STRENGTHEN AND GOOD MIXING PUSHES TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 90S THROUGHOUT. .AVIATION... VFR THIS EVENING AS A DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. AS THIS DISTURBANCE MOVES ONTO THE HIGH PLAINS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONGEAL INTO A MCS OVERNIGHT. IMPACT AT BOTH TERMINALS IS POSSIBLE...HOWEVER MOST MODELS FAVOR A MORE NORTHERN TRACK...AND IMPACT TO KVTN. HAVE INCLUDED A CB WITH THE KLBF TAF TO ACCOUNT FOR UNCERTAINTY. BE PREPARED FOR UPDATES AS THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX DEVELOPS WITH BETTER TIMING. BY TOMORROW MORNING...A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LOW MVFR CIGS...HOWEVER LOW CONFIDENCE HAS RESULTED IN ONLY SCT015 IN LATEST TAF FORECAST. && .HYDROLOGY... FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE ELKHORN IN CENTRAL HOLT COUNTY...WITH THE GAGE AT ATKINSON STILL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE RIVER IS ON ITS WAY DOWN...HOWEVER WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE RAINFALL OVERNIGHT AND POSSIBLE RISES. THE NORTH PLATTE AND PLATTE RIVER FLOOD IS HOLDING STEADY. UPSTREAM OF LAKE MCCONAUGHY WILL SEE A POSSIBLE DROP OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...HOWEVER A WET PATTERN MAY DELAY THE LOWERING. DOWNSTREAM OF LAKE MCCONAUGHY NO CHANGE IN THE SHORT TERM...AND RAINFALL WILL BE THE DRIVING FORCE TO CHANGES. HIGH PROBABILITY FOR A MCS MOVING ACROSS THE CWA TONIGHT. LOCATION STILL IN QUESTION...HOWEVER WITH LOW FF GUIDANCE...HAVE ISSUED A FF WATCH AS RICH MOISTURE ENVIRONMENT WILL AIDE IN ANY THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF OVER AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION IN A SHORT DURATION. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT / 6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR NEZ004>010-022>026-035>037-056>059-069>071- 094. && EXTENDED...KECK DAY 1/AVIATION/HYDROLOGY...MASEK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 342 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-252045- 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- 342 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011 /242 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT. UNSTABLE AIR AND A SURFACE TROUGH WILL INTERACT TO GENERATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING WITH COVERAGE AND INTENSITY INCREASING THROUGH LATE EVENING. WITH VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND. AN ISOLATED TORNADO ACROSS NORTHWEST NEBRASKA IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THERE IS A RISK THAT THE STORMS MAY ORGANIZE INTO A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX AND COULD PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PERSISTENCE OF A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL CONTINUE LIFTING UNSTABLE AIR UP INTO NEBRASKA UNTIL A STRONGER COLD FRONT COMES ACROSS SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE MASEK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 642 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011 NEZ004-250030- SHERIDAN NE- 542 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SHERIDAN COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT... AT 537 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES WEST OF INTERSECTION OF BEAVER CREEK ROAD AND WHITE CLAY CREEK ROAD TO INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 87 AND ANTELOPE ROAD TO ANTIOCH...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... HAY SPRINGS... RUSHVILLE... GORDON... WALGREN LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA... LAKESIDE... DIAMOND LAKE... INTERSECTION OF BEAVER CREEK ROAD AND WHITE CLAY CREEK ROAD... SMITH LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA... HIGHWAY 250 CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER... ELLSWORTH... KENNEDY LAKE... METCALF STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA... ARGO HILL... CLINTON... WATSON LAKE... HIGHWAY 27 CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER... INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 27 AND MILLS ROAD... INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 87 AND LARABEE ROAD... BILLYS LAKE... INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 87 AND CRAVEN CREEK ROAD... THESE STORMS 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. BUTTLER
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 161 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:01 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree branches greater than 4 inches in diameter were ripped from trees.
Tree branches 4 to 5 inches in diameter were ripped from trees.
Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph with penny sized hail.
Wind gusts estimated at 70 mph blew a tree over along with numerous 5 to 6 inch tree branches snapped off.
Public reported wind gusts estimated at 70 mph, at a location 28 miles west southwest of Merritt Reservoir.
Public reported wind gusts estimated at 60 mph at a location 50 miles south or Irwin.
Public reported hail up to golf ball sized.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, June 2011
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: 312695, 312696, 312697, 312698, 312699, 312700, 312701, 312690, 312691, 312692, 312693, 312694, 314902.