An isolated thunderstorm tracked south and caused damage near Grainton, in eastern Perkins County, on June 24th, 2014.
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An isolated thunderstorm tracked south and caused damage near Grainton, in eastern Perkins County, on June 24th, 2014.
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, 1:37 PM MST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 337 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 337 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 CONVECTION REMAINS THE FORECAST CHALLENGE. AT 20Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDING INTO THE NORTHWEST AND SEVERAL WEAKER BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST FROM PREVIOUSLY CONVECTION EARLIER TODAY. ATTM SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING. FORECAST TRENDED TOWARD THE SHORT RANGE MODELS THAT STILL CREATE SPREAD IN PRECIPITATION COVERAGE AS WEAK IMPULSES MOVE IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW TONIGHT. WEAK FORCING COMBINED WITH INSTABILITY SHOWERS RESULTS IN KEEPING LOWS POPS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. MAIN FOCUS THEN WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AS NEXT WAVE MOVING EAST ENHANCES CONVECTION ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING THAT DROPS SOUTHWARD. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE MIDDLE 50S NORTH TO LOWER 60S SOUTHWEST AND FAR NORTH CENTRAL. OVERNIGHT SHORTWAVE RIDGING BUILDS EAST WHERE WEDNESDAY THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...SOME THAT COULD BE SEVERE...AS INSTABILITY INCREASES ON THE HIGH PLAINS. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DRAW MOISTURE NORTHWEST WITH MINIMAL CONVECTIVE INHIBITION INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE SPC DAY TWO OUTLOOK ALIGNS WHERE LOCATIONS WEST OF HIGHWAY 61 FROM MERRIMAN TO WAUNETA CAN ANTICIPATE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT INTO THE EVENING. TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY BACK INTO THE 80S. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 337 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ARE FORECAST INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WEAK DISTURBANCE CRESTING THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS AIDED BY A DEVELOPING LLVL JET IS SUFFICIENT FOR 40 POPS ACROSS MOST OF THE FA DURING THE EVENING. A FEW SEVERE STORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE MAINLY WEST OF HWY 83. ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE FA AFTER MIDNIGHT. ON THURSDAY...MUCAPES REACH AOA 4K J/KG. MODERATELY STRONG INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH MARGINAL DEEP LAYER SHEAR FOR SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. A LEAD DISTURBANCE EJECTING FROM MAIN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN. DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. ON FRIDAY...THE UPPER TROUGH CROSSES THE ROCKIES AND EMERGES ONTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS. STRONG INSTABILITY INDICATED BY NAM MODEL WITH MUCAPES EXCEEDING 5K J/KG IN THE AFTN. SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER SHEAR OF 30 TO 40 J/KG. NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ALREADY OUTLOOKED BY SPC FOR SEVERE STORMS. THUS SEVERE POTENTIAL LOOKS QUITE HIGH AT THIS TIME AND WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR MODEL TRENDS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT AS UPPER TROUGH ADVANCES ACROSS AND WEAK COLD FRONT MOVE IN AND WASHES OUT. A CHANCE REMAIN FOR EASTERN AREAS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM MINNESOTA THROUGH NORTHERN KANSAS ACTING AS A FOCUS FOR DEVELOPMENT. HIGHS SHOULD RANGE MAINLY IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1230 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 VISUAL FLIGHT RULES AT KLBF AND KVTN THROUGH 23Z. ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION THIS EVENING WITH FOCUS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST WHERE KLBF TERMINAL MAY SEE THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP AND PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN 24/23Z AND 25/02Z. VISIBILITY AND CEILINGS MAY DROP AOB MARGINAL VISUAL FIGHT RULES AS STORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST. MODELS SHOW A SPREAD WITH EXISTING BOUNDARIES TO CREATE UNCERTAINTIES UNTIL STORMS REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. FURTHER NORTH KVTN TERMINAL SHOULD REMAIN AT VISUAL FLIGHT RULES WITH CONVECTION FOCUS SHIFTING SOUTHWARD TONIGHT. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...KECK LONG TERM...ROBERG AVIATION...KECK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 351 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-251000- 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- 351 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 /251 PM MDT TUE JUN 24 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL IS THE PRIMARY IMPACT...ALTHOUGH A FEW STRONGER STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. WEDNESDAY THE LEE TROUGH ALONG THE FRONT RANGE WILL BE THE FOCUS WHERE AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 61 FROM MERRIMAN TO WAUNETA MAY SEE STRONG TO A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN PANHANDLE. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS SHIFTS EASTWARD THURSDAY. THAT WILL BRING THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP EASTWARD INTO AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM AINSWORTH TO ALMERIA AND ANSLEY. ON FRIDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST WITH THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE WEST. && GET YOUR WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE) KECK
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:16 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds overturned an outbuilding and several center irrigation pivot systems.
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