Isolated severe thunderstorms developed in the evening hours across portions of southwest into central Nebraska. The storms produced a few reports of large hail.
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The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed in the evening hours across portions of southwest into central Nebraska. The storms produced a few reports of large hail.
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 3, 1:30 PM CST, 7 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 230 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011 .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ACROSS THE SRN HIGH PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO SPARK A ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTN WHICH SHOULD LIFT NORTH THROUGH SCNTL NEB TONIGHT. HPC HAS TAKEN A MORE NORTHWEST TRACK WITH THE DISTURBANCE AND THE FCST BLENDS THE HRRR AND HPC HOLDING POPS TO THE SRN AND ERN PARTS OF THE FCST AREA. THIS IS VERY GENEROUS AS THE DISTURBANCE COULD TRACK SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FCST AREA AS SUGGESTED BY THE HRRR. HRRR SFC BASED CAPE WOULD SUGGEST NO SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL BUT LOOKING ALOFT THERE COULD BE SUFFICIENT ELEVATED CAPE FOR A FEW STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL. THE AREA OF CONCERN IS GENERALLY FROM KIML TO KLBF TO KBBW AND SOUTH. PACIFIC HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE BUILDING SOUTH THROUGH THE FCST AREA SATURDAY PUSHING THE FRONT SOUTH AND DEEPER INTO KANSAS. DEEP EASTERLIES TO 800MB ACROSS THE CNTL HIGH PLAINS ARE EXPECTED TO ADVECT MOISTURE WEST IGNITING THUNDERSTORMS ON THE FRONT RANGE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO TRACK THROUGH KS AND FAR SRN NEB SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE WEAKENING. THE WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH INTO NEBRASKA SUNDAY FOCUSING GOOD INSTABILITY ACROSS NCNTL NEB. A DRYLINE BULGE OPERATES ACROSS WRN NEB IGNITING STORMS ROUGHLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. WINDS ALOFT ARE STRONG AND BUFKIT SUGGESTED SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT WITH A MULTICELL SEVERE STORM ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPING IN THE DEEPER MOISTURE A BIT FARTHER EAST. SPC IS SILENT ON THIS ONE FOR NOW BUT THIS COULD BE ONE TO WATCH FROM 21Z SUNDAY ONWARD. MONDAY...STORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE FROM KANW THROUGH KONL INCLUDING HOLT AND BOYD COUNTIES AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS INTO THE NIOBRARA VALLEY. JUST ISOLATED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 00Z AS INDICATED BY THE NAM. PER NAM AND GFS...4000+ MLCAPE AND 35 TO 40 KTS OF BULK SHEAR SUPPORT SUPERCELL STORM DEVELOPMENT. TUESDAY...THE WARM FRONT CONTINUES LIFTING NORTH INTO THE NRN PLAINS. TEMPS SHOULD RISE INTO 80S TO LOWER 90S. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS AND LONG WAVE TROF ACROSS THE WRN U.S. CONTINUE THE MINI HEAT WAVE FOR ONE MORE DAY. WEDNESDAY...A MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE EJECTING OUT OF THE WESTERN U.S. LONGWAVE TROF WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE CNTL PLAINS. ALL MODELS DROP SFC LOW PRESSURE SOUTH INTO THE SRN HIGH PLAINS. ISOLATED POPS ARE IN PLACE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A WEAK WAVE MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF COLORADO. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...A COLD FRONT SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF THE FCST AREA WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S. && .AVIATION... THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS PUSHED SOUTH AND EAST OF BOTH TERMINALS EARLY THIS MORNING LEAVING BEHIND GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES AND NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS TO AOA 20KTS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. INTO THE EVENING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY WITH 10KTS OR LESS FROM THE NORTH AND EAST. HOWEVER A LOW LEVEL JET WILL STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT AS THE RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF AN UPPER LEVEL JET PUSHES NORTHEAST INTO MINNESOTA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...THEN MOVE NORTHEAST. THESE STORMS COULD AFFECT THE LBF TERMINAL AFTER 05Z TONIGHT...BRINGING GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. FOR NOW WILL LEAVE THE MENTION OF TSRA IN THE TAF FOR LBF AS CONFIDENCE IS FAIRLY HIGH...BUT WILL NOT INCLUDE FOR THE VTN TERMINAL AS MODEL SOLUTIONS KEEP THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA. && .HYDROLOGY... RIVER STAGES ALONG THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER HAVE LEVELED OFF UPSTREAM OF LAKE MCCONAUGHY AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STEADY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS RELEASES FROM RESERVOIRS IN WYOMING HAVE BEEN REDUCED. HOWEVER...RELEASES FROM LAKE MCCONAUGHY WILL CONTINUE TO BE HIGH SO THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SLOWLY RISING AT NORTH PLATTE. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE STAGE WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 8.1 FEET EARLY NEXT WEEK. WITH WARMER DAYS AHEAD...MOUNTAIN SNOW-MELT IN THE SOURCE REGION OF THE RIVER LOOKS TO INCREASE...BUT HOW MUCH AND WHEN THIS WATER WILL GET INTO THE RIVER SYSTEM IS STILL IN QUESTION. OTHER UNCERTAINTIES LIE WITH THE STAGE AT NORTH PLATTE AS ABOVE RECORD LEVELS ARE BEING ACHIEVED...THUS THE EXACT BEHAVIOR OF THE RIVER IS NOT KNOWN. WATER IS LIKELY SPREADING ONCE REACHING CERTAIN STAGES...CAUSING RISES TO BE LESS THAN WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED. THE ENTIRE RIVER SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO RISE THOUGH AS THE SNOW-MELT GETS UNDERWAY. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && CDC/SJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 345 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-042045- 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- 345 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011 /245 PM MDT FRI JUN 3 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. SMALL HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THESE STORMS...HOWEVER THE PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS LOW. LEVELS ALONG THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF LAKE MCCONAUGHY AND ON THE PLATTE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF THE CONFLUENCE OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH PLATTE RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE SLOWLY THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE CITY OF NORTH PLATTE AND IN MCPHERSON COUNTY WILL CONTINUE INDEFINITELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT LIFTS BACK TO THE NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEBRASKA. THE FRONT WILL STALL AGAIN OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. FLOODING ALONG THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WILL CONTINUE INDEFINITELY. WARM TEMPERATURES OVER THE ROCKIES WILL ENCOURAGE RUNOFF FROM THE SNOW MELT THROUGH NEXT WEEK. THIS MAY REQUIRE INCREASING RELEASES FROM RESERVOIRS WHICH WOULD RESULT IN ADDITIONAL RISES ALONG THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER AND POSSIBLY SOME RISES ON THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. OF COURSE...ADDITIONAL RISES IN LEVELS ALONG EITHER THE NORTH PLATTE OR THE SOUTH PLATTE WILL TRANSLATE TO RISES DOWNRIVER OF THE CONFLUENCE OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH PLATTE RIVERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE JACOBS
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:49 UTC.
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Deputy reported quarter to golf ball size hail at Walker road and Buffalo road in North Platte.
At Quality Inn on the south side of North Platte.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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