An isolated storm produced a wet downburst in Perkins County around 11 PM CDT.
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The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.
An isolated storm produced a wet downburst in Perkins County around 11 PM CDT.
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 May 23, 4:45 PM MST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 645 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2014 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 345 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2014 H5 ANALYSIS THIS MORNING CONTINUES TO INDICATE A STAGNANT PATTERN ACROSS THE LOWER 48. CLOSED LOW PRESSURE WAS NOTED NEAR YUMA AZ...WITH A NICE NEGATIVELY TILTED RIDGE DOWNSTREAM ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND CENTRAL CONUS. HIGH PRESSURE WAS ANCHORED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH ANOTHER CLOSED LOW AND TROUGH ACROSS THE CANADIAN MARITIMES AND EASTERN CANADA. ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS MORNING...A COUPLE OF VORT MAXES WERE NOTED...THE FIRST WAS OVER NWRN KS...WITH A SECOND OVER FAR WESTERN TEXAS. THE 12Z KLBF RAOB SOUNDING THIS MORNING HAS PLENTY OF DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WITH PWATS OF 1.14 INCHES WHICH IS AROUND 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL. LITTLE OR NO CAP IS NOTED WITH A CONVECTIVE TEMP OF 63 DEGREES AND IS VERY WEAKLY SHEARED. STEERING WINDS REMAIN VERY WEEK...SO THERE IS THE THREAT FOR DECENT RAIN TODAY AND THIS EVENING. AT THE SURFACE...A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ENCOMPASSED MOST OF SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA AS OF 2 PM CDT. AS OF 2 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS HAS REACHED HIGHWAY 92 FROM ARTHUR TO ARNOLD. SOME NICE RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING WITH THIS AREA OF PCPN WITH RAINFALL RATES OF A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY WAS DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE ALONG AN AXIS EXTENDING FROM SWRN SD INTO THE WESTERN SANDHILLS. UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...TEMPS AS OF 2 PM CDT RANGED FROM 60 AT NORTH PLATTE TO 79 AT O'NEILL. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 345 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2014 COMPLEX FORECAST TONIGHT WITH SHOWERS AND FOG TO BE THE MAIN FOCUS. UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. GOOD GULF MOISTURE TRANSPORTING NORTHWARD /AHEAD OF THE LOW/ INTO THE REGION...NOTED ON MORNING KLBF SOUNDING WITH PWATS AT 1.14 INCHES OR NEARING 175 PERCENT OF NORMAL. EXPECT SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO DRIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA...REDEVELOPING FURTHER SOUTH. WHILE DECENT SHIELD THIS AFTERNOON...EXPECT COVERAGE TO BECOME MORE SCATTERED OVERNIGHT. WITHIN THE BREAKS...TEMPS COOL INTO THE UPPER 50S...WITH 100 RH EXPECTED. HAD SOME FOG THIS MORNING...AND SHOULD SEE IT REDEVELOP...WHEN IT IS NOT RAINING. THIS FOG IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT MORE OF THE EASTERN FORECAST AREA. TOMORROW THE LOW CONTINUES ITS SLOW EASTWARD PROGRESSION ACROSS THE FAR SW CONUS...HOWEVER THE SLOW MOVEMENT WILL RESULT IN A SIMILAR ENVIRONMENT OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. THUS EXPECT A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDER TOMORROW WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AGAIN TOMORROW. COVERAGE UNCERTAIN AS RICH MOISTURE ENVIRONMENT WITH CONTINUE HOWEVER THE MODELS ARE STRUGGLING TO AGREE ON THE LOCATION OF THE PRECIP SHIELD. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE ANOTHER SWATH OF PRECIP LIFTING ACROSS A PORTION OF THE CWA TOMORROW. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 345 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2014 SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO BE PRECIPITATION CHANCES IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SLOW MOVING...UPPER LEVEL LOW ACROSS THE SWRN CONUS. BY SATURDAY NIGHT...UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL BE LOCATED OVER THE FOUR CORNERS. THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO MEANDER ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS THROUGH SUNDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...A NORTHERN STREAM DISTURBANCE WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE NORTHERN CONUS LEADING TO INCREASED CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE DAKOTAS AND NRN NEBRASKA SATURDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE BEST CHANCES FOR PCPN SAT NIGHT APPEARS TO BE IN THE NORTH IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NRN STREAM TROUGH...AND IN THE EAST WHERE CAPES RANGE FROM 1500 TO 2000 J/KG SAT EVENING. FURTHER WEST...WEAK FORCING EXISTS ACROSS SWRN NEBRASKA...HOWEVER...A WEAKLY CAPPED ENVIRONMENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND SURFACE HEATING...WILL LEAD TO SOME LINGERING SHRAS AND TSRAS IN THE SOUTHWEST SAT EVENING. BY SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BEGIN TO DRIFT EAST OF THE FOUR CORNERS INTO NEW MEXICO. LIKE SATURDAY NIGHT...PCPN CHANCES SUNDAY...ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST ACROSS THE NRN TIER OF NEBRASKA...INVOF OF A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH...AND ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...WHERE CAPES ONCE AGAIN WILL REACH 1000 TO 2000J/KG WITH LITTLE OR NO CAP. ON MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MIGRATE EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT AS WEAK FORCING CONTINUES. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS SINCE CAPPING REMAINS WEAK. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL FILL OVER THE OZARKS BY MIDWEEK. AT THE SAME TIME...RIDGING WILL BUILD INTO THE CENTRAL CONUS AS A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS. AFTER A DRY FCST TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDS NIGHT...PCPN CHANCES WILL CREEP BACK INTO THE FORECAST THURSDAY AS SWLY FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND HIGH PLAINS. TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK WILL RISE BACK INTO THE 80S...WHICH WILL RUN 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE CLIMO. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 633 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2014 LOWER CEILINGS WILL COVER THE SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING AND SPREAD NORTH OVERNIGHT WITH MARGINAL TO VISUAL FLIGHT RULES THROUGH 06Z THEN CEILINGS LOWERING AT THE KLBF TERMINAL TO INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES OR LOWER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES BY 10Z. AN ABUNDANCE OF BOUNDARY MOISTURE WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING ABOUT FOG DEVELOPMENT AGAIN TONIGHT...WITH CLOUD CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY LIFTING TO MARGINAL OR VISUAL FLIGHT RULES BEYOND 15Z SATURDAY. SHOWER COVERAGE HAS DECREASED ALTHOUGH SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW HOURS THEN AGAIN SATURDAY. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CLB SHORT TERM...MASEK LONG TERM...CLB AVIATION...KECK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 359 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2014 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-242100- 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- 359 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2014 /259 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SLOW MOVING SHOWERS WITH OCCASIONAL EMBEDDED LIGHTNING STRIKES EXPECTED TONIGHT. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS A STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS LOCATED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS...HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT THROUGH THE MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && GET YOUR WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE) MASEK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
718 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM HEAVY RAIN NORTH PLATTE 41.13N 100.77W
05/23/2014 M1.17 INCH LINCOLN NE NWS EMPLOYEE
0715 PM HEAVY RAIN NORTH PLATTE 41.13N 100.77W
05/23/2014 M1.67 INCH LINCOLN NE NWS EMPLOYEE
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JGOMEZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
734 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0138 PM HEAVY RAIN NORTH PLATTE 41.13N 100.77W
05/23/2014 M1.40 INCH LINCOLN NE NWS EMPLOYEE
1 INCH OF RAIN FELL WITHIN 20 TO 25 MINUTES ALONG THE
EAST SIDE OF NORTH PLATTE.
0202 PM HEAVY RAIN NORTH PLATTE 41.13N 100.77W
05/23/2014 E1.24 INCH LINCOLN NE STORM CHASER
ESTIMATED 1.00 TO 1.24 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WITHIN AN HOUR
ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH PLATTE.
0217 PM HEAVY RAIN NORTH PLATTE 41.13N 100.77W
05/23/2014 M1.30 INCH LINCOLN NE PUBLIC
0250 PM HEAVY RAIN NORTH PLATTE 41.13N 100.77W
05/23/2014 M1.50 INCH LINCOLN NE PUBLIC
EAST SIDE OF NORTH PLATTE HAD 1.50 INCHES OF RAIN.
0325 PM HEAVY RAIN NORTH PLATTE 41.13N 100.77W
05/23/2014 M1.10 INCH LINCOLN NE PUBLIC
0530 PM HEAVY RAIN NORTH PLATTE 41.13N 100.77W
05/23/2014 M1.17 INCH LINCOLN NE NWS EMPLOYEE
0715 PM HEAVY RAIN NORTH PLATTE 41.13N 100.77W
05/23/2014 M1.67 INCH LINCOLN NE NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
JGOMEZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
803 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 ENE NORTH PLATTE 41.15N 100.72W
05/23/2014 M1.19 INCH LINCOLN NE OFFICIAL NWS OBS
&&
JGOMEZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
914 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM HEAVY RAIN NORTH PLATTE 41.13N 100.77W
05/23/2014 M2.10 INCH LINCOLN NE PUBLIC
&&
JGOMEZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
934 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0932 PM HEAVY RAIN NORTH PLATTE 41.13N 100.77W
05/23/2014 M1.72 INCH LINCOLN NE NWS EMPLOYEE
REPORT CAME FROM THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH PLATTE.
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SJACOBSThe North Platte radar (KLNX), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wet downburst caused damage to one business, destroyed a small greenhouse and rolled over a semi truck trailer. Two pickup trucks also sustained damage. The business had two tall garage doors destroyed with two windows broken and one side door damaged as well.
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