Thunderstorms developed along a cold front in the late evening hours of September 19th across north central Nebraska. These storms produced large hail and gusty winds as they passed across the area.
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The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed along a cold front in the late evening hours of September 19th across north central Nebraska. These storms produced large hail and gusty winds as they passed across the area.
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 Sep 19, 9:39 PM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1039 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 250 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014 AT H5 CUTOFF LOW JUST OFF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST WHICH WILL BE THE WEATHER MAKER FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS FOR MUCH OF THE FOLLOWING WORK WEEK. REMNANTS OF ODILLE IN CENTRAL TEXAS. HURRICANE POLO SEEN IN IR JUST WEST OF PUERTO VALLARTA. RIDGING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND WEAK TROUGH FROM HUDSON BAY LOW INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. && .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1038 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014 ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SANDHILLS. ALSO...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN THE EASTERN SANDHILLS ALONG THE SURFACE TROUGH. SURFACE LAPS AND GOES DERIVED PRODUCT IMAGERY SHOW FAIRLY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS AND DECENT MOISTURE OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA IN THE AREA BOUNDED BY ONEILL...BROKEN BOW AND AINSWORTH...SO WE WOULD EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STORMS IN THE WESTERN SANDHILLS HAVE THE SURFACE FRONT AND A POTENTIAL VORTICITY ANOMALY TO AID THEIR DEVELOPMENT. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 250 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014 TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. THE FORECAST CHALLENGE IN THE NEAR TERM REVOLVES AROUND PRECIPITATION CHANCES THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO DROP TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING...FOCUSING STORM DEVELOPMENT IN ADVANCE OF/ALONG IT/S PATH. THE LATEST OUTPUT FROM THE CONVECTIVE ALLOWING MODELS...BUFR SOUNDINGS AND THE SPC MESO ANALYSIS PAGE INDICATE A SUBSTANTIAL CAPPING INVERSION PRESENT...BUT THIS CAP IS SHOWN TO ERODE SUFFICIENTLY FOR ISOLATED CONVECTION AS FORCING INCREASES WITH THE SURFACE FRONT. ATTM...THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR CONVECTION WILL BE ACROSS OUR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ZONES AND THE CENTRAL SANDHILLS...WHERE THE MODELS ARE INDICATING SUFFICIENT MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND BULK SHEAR FOR STORMS...BUT AT THAT...CURRENT FORECAST WOULD ONLY SUGGEST ISOLATED STORMS AT BEST. DCAPE VALUES ARE INDICATIVE OF A STRONG TO LOW END SEVERE WIND THREAT THIS EVENING AS SFC TD/T SPREADS APPROACH 40F ACROSS THE HEART OF THE SANDHILLS...BUT OTHERWISE ANY STORM SHOULD REMAIN WELL-BEHAVED. THE ACTIVITY IS SHOWN TO CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT WITH THE STRENGTHENING OF A LLJ WITH THE ACTIVITY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BEFORE DAWN. OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE A PRODUCT OF BC GUIDANCE WITH THE CURRENT FORECAST. CLEARING AND LIGHT WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED BEHIND THE PASSING FRONT...LOWS SHOULD BE ABLE TO EASILY UNDERCUT GUIDANCE BY SEVERAL DEGREES ESPECIALLY IN DRAINAGE PRONE AREAS SUCH AS THE PLATTE RIVER SYSTEM. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A RANGE OF LOWS FROM THE LOWER 50S ACROSS OUR FAR NORTHWEST...TO NEAR 60S OVER THE FAR EAST AND SOUTHEAST. MID 50S SEEM FINE FOR KLBF AND KVTN. WITH POST FRONTAL CONDITIONS PRESENT SATURDAY AND H85 T/S IN SOME CASES 5C OR COOLER THAN TODAY...HIGHS WILL COOL SEVERAL DEGREES...CURRENT FORECAST INDICATES A 7-10 DEGREE DROP FROM TODAY...WHICH SUGGESTS HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S FOR MOST PLACES. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 250 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014 MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH CUTOFF LOW TO THE WEST THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS COMING WORK WEEK. COOL FRONT THAT MOVES ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA SATURDAY WILL BE WELL INTO NORTHERN KANSAS NORTHEAST COLORADO SATURDAY NIGHT. STRONG SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE FRONT AS COOLER AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THE SURFACE HIGH MOVES SOUTHEAST INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA. LOWS IN THE 50S WITH SOME 40S OVER NORTHWEST BACK TOWARDS COOLER AIR. CLEAR SKIES AND HIGHS IN THE 70S WITH LIGHT WINDS AS SURFACE HIGH IS ANCHORED OVER NEBRASKA. FRONT BEGINS TO LIFT NORTH SUNDAY NIGHT AS CUTOFF LOW TO THE WEST MOVES INTO THE GREAT BASIN. FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES FROM NEW MEXICO TO WYOMING WILL SEE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SURFACE HIGH TO THE EAST WILL BRING STRONG STEADY SOUTH FLOW WITH GOOD MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO THE FRONT RANGE AND THE NORTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY AS THE CUTOFF UPPER LOW MEANDERS OVER THE DAKOTAS. HIGHS IN THE 70S NORMAL FOR THE SEASON AND LOWS IN THE 50S. ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE UPPER LOW AS RIDGE BUILDS EAST TEMPERATURES RISING TO NEAR 80 AND DRY. QPF AMOUNTS MAY HAVE TO BE BOOSTED. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 620 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014 A FRONT IS EXPECTED TO OVERRUN A TROUGH CURRENTLY STRETCHED FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY/FRONT THOUGH THE PROBABILITY OF A THUNDERSTORM OCCURRING AT ANY ONE LOCATION IN THE AREA IS LOW...30 PERCENT OR LOWER. THE AIRPORTS THAT MAY HAVE THUNDER IN THEIR VICINITY ARE BBW...LBF AND IML. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE WITHIN A NARROW TIME WINDOW FROM 01Z TO 04Z. SHORT RANGE RAPID REFRESH MODELS ARE SHOWING A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO AND COMING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AFTER 02Z. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL BE SOUTH OF A BBW-LBF-OGA LINE. WITH ALL THAT IN MIND...WE WILL INCLUDE VCTS IN THE FORECAST FOR LBF FROM 02Z UNTIL 04Z. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && UPDATE...SPRINGER SYNOPSIS...POWER SHORT TERM...JACOBS LONG TERM...POWER AVIATION...SPRINGER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 320 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-202030- 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- 320 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014 /220 PM MDT FRI SEP 19 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SANDHILLS AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG OR SEVERE...BUT A WIND GUST OR TWO IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WOULD BE POSSIBLE UNDER A DECAYING STORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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) JACOBS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1023 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014 NEZ023-024-200430- GRANT NE-HOOKER NE- 923 PM MDT FRI SEP 19 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN HOOKER AND GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM MDT... AT 921 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HYANNIS TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRESCENT LAKE NWR...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... SWEDE LAKE AROUND 930 PM MDT. DULUTH AROUND 935 PM MDT. WHITMAN AROUND 940 PM MDT. CARR LAKE AROUND 950 PM MDT. WEIR AROUND 955 PM MDT. PRATT LAKE AROUND 1000 PM MDT. HECLA AND SPRING VALLEY LAKE AROUND 1010 PM MDT. GREEN LAKE AROUND 1015 PM MDT. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 138 AND 176. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 138 AND 164. THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. SPRINGER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1110 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014 NEZ023-035-036-200500- ARTHUR NE-GRANT NE-MCPHERSON NE- 1010 PM MDT FRI SEP 19 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN ARTHUR...WESTERN MCPHERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM MDT/MIDNIGHT CDT/... AT 1006 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF ARTHUR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... LENA... THREE MILE LAKE... CALORA... SAND BEACH LAKE... BUCKTAIL... BUCKTAIL LAKE... FLATTS... BIG LAMUNYON FLATS... DIAMOND BAR LAKE... SCHNICK LAKE... THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 125 AND 137. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 165 AND 194. STOPPKOTTE
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:09 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter size hail fell late in the evening, while hail remained on the ground in the morning. Thunderstorm winds also caused some broken tree branches in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, September 2014
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: 539081, 539082.