Thunderstorms developed along a lee trough extending from southern MT into eastern Colorado and moved east into western Nebraska.
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The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed along a lee trough extending from southern MT into eastern Colorado and moved east into western 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 Jun 13, 4:32 PM MST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 632 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2013 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 301 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2013 LARGE SCALE PATTERN IS DOMINATED BY A BROAD RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS...WITH A TROUGH LOCATED IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND ANOTHER TROUGH IN THE NORTHEAST WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES. SKIES OVER THE HIGH PLAINS WERE CLEARING WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 70S AND 80S. DEWPOINTS WERE ALSO SLOWLY ON THE RISE AS WINDS HAD SWITCHED AROUND TO OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AS A LEE SIDE SFC TROUGH BECAME ESTABLISHED IN EASTERN COLORADO. .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 301 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2013 UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SHIFT EAST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE WEST COAST TROUGH DIGS SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL BRING SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED PV ANOMALIES OVER THE HIGH PLAINS...LEADING TO AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN. STORM CHANCES INCREASE THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AS A LEE SIDE SFC TROUGH CONTINUES TO DEEPEN. THETA-E VALUES HAVE BEEN ON THE RISE INTO THE REGION...WITH LOW TO MID 50S DEWPOINTS WIDESPREAD AS OF 20Z. EXPECTING THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE CWA DURING THE EVENING HOURS WITH A FEW SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE BEFORE SUNSET. A 40KT LLJ WILL AID IN KEEPING THE ONGOING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS IT MOVES EAST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE CWA ON FRIDAY WILL HELP SET THE STAGE FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. MODELS ARE STILL FIGHTING TIMING ISSUES ON THEIR PROGRESSION OF THE COLD FRONT WITH THE NAM MUCH FASTER THAN THE GFS/EC. A STOUT CAP WILL HELP HOLD OFF INITIATION UNTIL THE LATE AFTERNOON WHEN SB CAPE VALUES ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT INCREASE TO 3000 J/KG. DEEP LAYER SHEAR BETWEEN 30-40 KTS SHOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE LOCATIONS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM IMPERIAL TO AINSWORTH WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE TO SEE A FEW SEVERE STORMS LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 301 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2013 SURFACE FRONT WILL STALL JUST SOUTHEAST OF FORECAST AREA FRIDAY EVENING. MOISTURE WILL POOL BEHIND THE FRONT WITH INSTABILITY RANGING FROM 1500-2500 J/KG OF MU CAPES. THE AREA WILL MAINLY FOCUS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GRANT THROUGH NORTH PLATTE...BROKEN BOW AND BURWELL. THE STORMS WILL BE ELEVATED WITH BOTH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. SOUNDING INDICATED A DRY LAYER H6 TO H85 WHICH WOULD ENHANCE DAMAGING WIND THREAT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ALSO POSSIBLE WITH STORM MOTION EAST TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. SATURDAY THE FRONT WILL REMAIN STALLED ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. STORM CHANCES THROUGH THE DAY WILL MAINLY BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. AN EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL LIMIT HIGHS FROM THE UPPER 70S NCTRL TO LOWER 80S SOUTH. THERE WILL AGAIN BE THE POTENTIAL FOR ELEVATED CONVECTION SATURDAY NIGHT. OVERNIGHT TEMPS FROM THE UPPER 50S/LOWER 60S AS CLOUDS WILL KEEP TEMPS UP. ON SUNDAY...TIMING FAVORS BEST POPS OF 40-50 PERCENT DURING THE DAYTIME AS TRAILING NORTHERN STREAM DISTURBANCE INTERACTS WITH A SURFACE FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN NEBRASKA WITH POPS TRIMMED BACK TO SLIGHT CHANCE NORTHWEST SUNDAY NIGHT. HIGHS TRIMMED BACK TO NEAR 80S PARTS OF NCTRL WITH NEAR 90 STILL FOR THE FAR SOUTHWEST. EARLY NEXT WEEK THE UPPER RIDGE WILL AMPLIFY ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AS A CLOSED LOW OFF THE PACIFIC NW MOVED INLAND. PATTERN WILL RETURN TO HIGH PLAINS AFTERNOON CONVECTION MOVING INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA MAINLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TEMPS FROM THE LOW/MID 80S TUESDAY...THEN WARMING AS THE RIDGE EXPANDS EASTWARD FOR MID WEEK. HIGHS SHOULD WARM TO THE MID 80S TO LOW 90S FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 301 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2013 UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SHIFT EAST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE WEST COAST TROUGH DIGS SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL BRING SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED PV ANOMALIES OVER THE HIGH PLAINS...LEADING TO AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN. STORM CHANCES INCREASE THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AS A LEE SIDE SFC TROUGH CONTINUES TO DEEPEN. THETA-E VALUES HAVE BEEN ON THE RISE INTO THE REGION...WITH LOW TO MID 50S DEWPOINTS WIDESPREAD AS OF 20Z. EXPECTING THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE CWA DURING THE EVENING HOURS WITH A FEW SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE BEFORE SUNSET. A 40KT LLJ WILL AID IN KEEPING THE ONGOING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS IT MOVES EAST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE CWA ON FRIDAY WILL HELP SET THE STAGE FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. MODELS ARE STILL FIGHTING TIMING ISSUES ON THEIR PROGRESSION OF THE COLD FRONT WITH THE NAM MUCH FASTER THAN THE GFS/EC. A STOUT CAP WILL HELP HOLD OFF INITIATION UNTIL THE LATE AFTERNOON WHEN SB CAPE VALUES ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT INCREASE TO 3000 J/KG. DEEP LAYER SHEAR BETWEEN 30-40 KTS SHOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE LOCATIONS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM IMPERIAL TO AINSWORTH WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE TO SEE A FEW SEVERE STORMS LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 301 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2013 SURFACE FRONT WILL STALL JUST SOUTHEAST OF FORECAST AREA FRIDAY EVENING. MOISTURE WILL POOL BEHIND THE FRONT WITH INSTABILITY RANGING FROM 1500-2500 J/KG OF MU CAPES. THE AREA WILL MAINLY FOCUS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GRANT THROUGH NORTH PLATTE...BROKEN BOW AND BURWELL. THE STORMS WILL BE ELEVATED WITH BOTH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. SOUNDING INDICATED A DRY LAYER H6 TO H85 WHICH WOULD ENHANCE DAMAGING WIND THREAT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ALSO POSSIBLE WITH STORM MOTION EAST TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. SATURDAY THE FRONT WILL REMAIN STALLED ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. STORM CHANCES THROUGH THE DAY WILL MAINLY BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. AN EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL LIMIT HIGHS FROM THE UPPER 70S NCTRL TO LOWER 80S SOUTH. THERE WILL AGAIN BE THE POTENTIAL FOR ELEVATED CONVECTION SATURDAY NIGHT. OVERNIGHT TEMPS FROM THE UPPER 50S/LOWER 60S AS CLOUDS WILL KEEP TEMPS UP. ON SUNDAY...TIMING FAVORS BEST POPS OF 40-50 PERCENT DURING THE DAYTIME AS TRAILING NORTHERN STREAM DISTURBANCE INTERACTS WITH A SURFACE FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN NEBRASKA WITH POPS TRIMMED BACK TO SLIGHT CHANCE NORTHWEST SUNDAY NIGHT. HIGHS TRIMMED BACK TO NEAR 80S PARTS OF NCTRL WITH NEAR 90 STILL FOR THE FAR SOUTHWEST. EARLY NEXT WEEK THE UPPER RIDGE WILL AMPLIFY ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AS A CLOSED LOW OFF THE PACIFIC NW MOVED INLAND. PATTERN WILL RETURN TO HIGH PLAINS AFTERNOON CONVECTION MOVING INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA MAINLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TEMPS FROM THE LOW/MID 80S TUESDAY...THEN WARMING AS THE RIDGE EXPANDS EASTWARD FOR MID WEEK. HIGHS SHOULD WARM TO THE MID 80S TO LOW 90S FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 633 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2013 AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...FOLLOWED BY A STRONG COLD FRONT...WILL SPREAD LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT INTO EARLY ON FRIDAY. CIGS OVER THE NEXT 24 HRS WILL RANGE FROM 15000 TO 25000 FT AGL...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE KLBF TERMINAL. CIGS THIS EVENING...MAY DROP DOWN TO 5000 FT AGL WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY OCCUR IN THE VICINITY OF THE TERMINAL. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT...WITH A SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BY MIDDAY FRIDAY AT THE KVTN TERMINAL...AND MID AFTERNOON FOR THE KLBF TERMINAL. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MARTIN SHORT TERM...MARTIN LONG TERM...ROBERG AVIATION...CLB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 305 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2013 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-142015- 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- 305 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2013 /205 PM MDT THU JUN 13 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM HAYES CENTER TO GORDON. STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA OUT OF COLORADO AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WITH A FEW STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM AINSWORTH TO IMPERIAL. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA BY THE AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM SIGNIFICANTLY AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BE PRESENT EAST OF THE FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT...WITH THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...HOWEVER WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE MARTIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 757 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2013 NEZ069-070-140145- CHASE NE-HAYES NE- 657 PM MDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAYES AND CHASE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM MDT/845 PM CDT/... AT 651 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HIGHLAND CENTER TO 19 MILES SOUTH OF ALVIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER 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... IMPERIAL... LAMAR... CHAMPION... ENDERS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA... ENDERS... WAUNETA... CHASE... CHURCH GROVE CAMPGROUND... WANAMAKER STATE WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT AREA... CENTER DAM CAMPGROUND... THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 52. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. JACOBS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 823 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2013 NEZ056-140215- DEUEL NE- 723 PM MDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DEUEL COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM MDT... AT 720 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF TWIN BUTTES...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAPPELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... CHAPPELL... MOUNT VERNON... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 98. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. JACOBS
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 187 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:42 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tractor trailer blown over on Interstate 80.
Wind gust of 60 mph reported 3 south of Chappell.
Winds reported to 60 mph with nickle size hail.
Damage to outbuildings and pole barns.
Wind gust around 70 mph was reported 12 miles north of Big Springs.
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, June 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: 451114, 451121, 461498, 451117, 451118.