A weak, stalled out frontal boundary over central Nebraska, combined with an approaching upper level disturbance, to produce scattered severe thunderstorms across western and north central Nebraska on the evening of July 7th. Large hail and damaging winds occurred over north central and southwestern Nebraska.
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The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.
A weak, stalled out frontal boundary over central Nebraska, combined with an approaching upper level disturbance, to produce scattered severe thunderstorms across western and north central Nebraska on the evening of July 7th. Large hail and damaging winds occurred over north central and southwestern Nebraska.
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 Jul 7, 1:21 PM MST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 321 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2013 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 321 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2013 UPPER LEVEL RIDGE HAS CENTERED ITSELF TODAY OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND SOUTHERN PLAINS...IN BETWEEN A TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST AND A CLOSED LOW OVER THE OHIO RVR VALLEY. SEVERAL WAVES ARE MOVING ON THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE...ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND HIGH PLAINS. ONE IS EXITING THE CWA...AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MORNING SWATH OF LIGHT SHOWERS. A SECOND WAVE IS CROSSING THE ROCKIES. THERE IS BETTER SFC MOISTURE COMPARED TO PREVIOUS FEW DAYS...AS DEW PTS HAVE HELD IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S FOR THE AFTERNOON...EVEN WITH TEMPS STILL WARMING INTO THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. THE MORNING SHOWERS DID PRODUCE SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 321 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2013 COMPLEX FORECAST THIS EVENING AS SEVERAL REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES EXIST ALONG WITH A STALLED OUT SFC BOUNDARY. IN ADDITION MOISTURE HAS INCREASED WITH PRECIPITABLE WATERS NEAR 1.50 INCHES /JUST A LITTLE BELOW 2SD FOR JULY/ AND DEW PTS ARE IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S. THERE IS ALSO A SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THROUGHOUT THE DAY ISOLATED SHOWERS HAVE POPPED UP...HOWEVER MARGINAL SHEAR AND LIMITED CAPE HAS RESULTED IN LITTLE SUSTAINABILITY. AS THE UPPER LEVEL WAVE ARRIVES DO EXPECT THE STORMS TO BECOME A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED...MAY EVEN SEE SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE WEATHER. OVERNIGHT THE LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS AND REMAINS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST...SO LITTLE ASSISTANCE FROM THE JET EXPECTED...HOWEVER THE SHORT WAVE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO KEEP AT LEAST SOME ISOLD TO SCT SHOWERS/TSTMS GOING. BY MORNING EXPECT ANY ACTIVITY TO BE DIMINISHING AS WAVE PUSHES EAST AND THE ATMOSPHERE RESETS FOR THE NEXT SHORT WAVE. MODELS CONTINUE TO KEEP MOISTURE IN THE AREA...AND THE STALLED BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA. SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY...OVER SW NEB...HIGHS SHOULD EASILY RETURN INTO THE 90S...NEAR 90 TO THE NORTH. THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLD TO SCT STORMS. INITIATION LOOKS TO BE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON THEN PUSHES EAST WITH NEARLY ZONAL FLOW ON THE NORTHERN RIM OF THE RIDGE. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 321 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2013 MONDAY NIGHT...AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. NEBRASKA WILL BE ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE WAVE...WITH THE SURFACE LOW MOVING EAST ACROSS SD OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA BY THE EVENING HOURS...WITH THE BEST CHANCE IN THE NORTH CLOSER TO THE BEST UPPER SUPPORT. EXPECT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY /A MCS POSSIBLY/ TO DRIFT EAST WITH THE MID/UPPER LEVEL FEATURE. DEEP SHEAR OF 30-40 KTS AND CAPES OF 2000-3000 J/KG WILL SUPPORT SOME SEVERE STORMS MONDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY PUSH INTO THE NORTH EARLY TUESDAY. ANOTHER UPPER WAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE DAKOTAS ON TUESDAY...WITH NEBRASKA ON ITS SOUTHERN EDGE. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT AGAIN...BUT LESS COVERAGE IS EXPECTED COMPARED TO MONDAY. THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE IN THE EAST WHERE CAPES OF 2500-3500 J/KG ARE EXPECTED WITH FAVORABLE DEEP SHEAR...ENOUGH FOR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK AGAIN. THE BEST INSTABILITY LOOKS TO BE IN THE ONEILL AREA LATE TUESDAY. TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON THE HOT SIDE AGAIN ON TUESDAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 90S NORTH TO NEAR 100 SOUTH. AFTER A COOLER WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO LOW 90S...A WARM AND GENERALLY DRY PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA WITH ONLY MINIMAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. AN UPPER RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO DOMINATE THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND...WARMING HIGHS TO NEAR 100 ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1257 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2013 SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA. A BRIEF IMPACT FOR KVTN...WITH MVFR CONDITIONS...OTHERWISE THE AREA WILL SHIFT EAST AND EXIT OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MEANWHILE MORE MOISTURE...COMPARED TO RECENT DAYS...WILL HELP TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL PROPAGATE EASTWARD THIS EVENING. HAVE INCLUDED THUNDERSTORMS IN BOTH THE KLBF AND KVTN TAF...HOWEVER HIGHER CONFIDENCE IS FOR KVTN. ALL ACTIVITY WILL PUSH EAST OF THE TERMINALS OVERNIGHT...AS THE UPPER LEVEL WAVE PUSHES EAST...RESULTING IN DECREASING CLOUDS AND LIGHT WINDS...UNDER 10 KTS. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MASEK SHORT TERM...MASEK LONG TERM...KNUTSVIG AVIATION...MASEK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 330 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2013 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-082030- 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- 330 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2013 /230 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE AREA OF CONCERN IS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 183 AND LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE ARE THE HAZARDS. OVERNIGHT STRONG STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE...HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL DIMINISH. IN ADDITION...DEEP MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR STORMS TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LARGE HAIL...WIND DAMAGE AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE THREAT. ONCE AGAIN...STORM ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP IN THE WEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND MOVE EAST THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AREA OF CONCERN IS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 183. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR STORMS EXHIBITING STRONG ROTATION...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHWEST NEBRASKA THROUGH 9 PM CDT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE MASEK
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:49 UTC.
13 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A sheriff's deputy reported his wind shield was broken out by ping pong ball sized hail on Highway 97 near Mile Marker 55.
State trooper reported baseball sized hail on the ground between Mile Markers 46 and 48 on Highway 97.
Winds gusted to 60 MPH that damaged corn crops northeast of Grant.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, July 2013
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: 462918, 462923, 465676, 462922, 462926, 462924, 462925, 462927, 463116, 463122, 463123, 463124, 463125, 463126.