Thunderstorms produced a landspout tornado late morning near North Platte, then damaging winds by early evening near North Platte. In Hooker County, large hail was reported in the afternoon.
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Thunderstorms produced a landspout tornado late morning near North Platte, then damaging winds by early evening near North Platte. In Hooker County, large hail was reported in the afternoon.
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 14, 5:30 AM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 630 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 400 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 H5 ANALYSIS FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING HAD HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED ACROSS THE SERN COAST OF THE CONUS WITH RIDGING EXTENDING NWD INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND NRN QUEBEC. UPSTREAM OF THE RIDGE...A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WAS PRESENT OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN CANADA WITH A TANDEM OF CLOSED LOWS OVER NRN SASKATCHEWAN/NW MANITOBA AND OFF THE COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. HIGH PRESSURE WAS ANCHORED OFF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA COAST. ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS...AN EMBEDDED DISTURBANCE/TROUGH WAS NOTED OVER NERN NEW MEXICO. CURRENT WV IMAGERY TONIGHT HAS A SHORTWAVE ENTERING SWRN MT/NW WYOMING. THIS FEATURE HAS TOUCHED OFF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NERN WYOMING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SWRN NEBR PANHANDLE. THIS ACTIVITY HAS TRENDED DOWNWARD OVER THE PAST HOUR OR SO...BUT WILL STILL MONITOR THE NORTHERN STORMS AS THEY APPROACH SHERIDAN COUNTY. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...INTO SWRN SD AND CENTRAL WYOMING. SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH SOME HIGH CLOUDS AND CONVECTIVE DEBRIS PRESENT OVER NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. TEMPERATURES AS OF 3 AM CDT RANGED FROM 62 AT IMPERIAL TO 67 AT VALENTINE. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 400 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS PRECIPITATION CHANCES IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND NRN STREAM TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. FOR TODAY...THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER NERN WYOMING...WILL PROGRESS EWD INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL SD THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TO FORCE THE COLD FRONT SOUTH INTO NWRN NEBRASKA LATER THIS MORNING...THEN THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND NWRN SANDHILLS BY 21Z. SOUTH OF THE FRONT...H85 TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM 22C IN THE FAR NORTHEAST...TO 26C IN THE SOUTHWEST. WITH GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE FRONTAL POSN THIS AFTERNOON-PER THE LATEST NAM 12 AND HRRR...ALONG WITH GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE MAV AND MET GUIDANCE...PUSHED UP HIGHS INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S SOUTH OF THE FRONT TDY. ACROSS THE NWRN SANDHILLS AND NERN PANHANDLE...HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S AS THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH THESE AREAS PRIOR TO PEAK HEATING. BY MID AFTERNOON ALONG THE FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL SURGE INTO THE 80S AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STEEPENING LAPSE RATES AND LEADING TO THUNDERSTORM INITIATION INVOF THE FRONT AROUND 21Z. AT THIS TIME...THE SEVERE THREAT APPEARS FAIRLY MEAGER AS DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS ON THE ORDER OF 20 TO 30 KTS ALONG THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. STRONGER WIND SHEAR EXISTS NORTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA OVER SOUTH DAKOTA. EVEN WITH WEAKER SHEAR IN THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...SB CAPES ALONG THE FRONT REACH 2500 J/KG...WHICH COULD FACILITATE A STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORM. WILL MENTION THE LIMITED SEVERE THREAT IN THIS MORNINGS HWO. FOR TONIGHT...THE FRONT WILL CLEAR THE SRN CWA BY MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER DECIDED TO HOLD ONTO POPS...ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST AS A POST FRONTAL DISTURBANCE PUSHES INTO EASTERN WYOMING AND THE PANHANDLE OVERNIGHT. THIS CONVECTION WILL BE MORE OF THE GARDEN VARIETY WITH A MINIMAL THREAT FOR SEVERE. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL COOL BACK INTO THE 50S WITH SOME LOWER 60S IN THE EAST AND FAR SOUTHWEST. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 400 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 NEAR ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO START THE WEEK WHILE A WAVE SLIDES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. AT THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES/NORTHERN PLAINS. MODELS IN AGREEMENT HAVING THE BULK OF THE STORM ACTIVITY TO BE SOUTH OF THE CWA...HOWEVER SOME UPSLOPE FLOW ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE HIGH WILL POSE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS. SHOULD SEE A BRIEF BREAK AS THE HIGH SLIDES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...HOWEVER RESIDUAL LL MOISTURE AND UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRESENT A SMALL CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS/THUNDER. TEMPS ON THE CHILLY SIDE...ONLY 70S ON MONDAY. BY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY A CLIPPER WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. BEST LIFT ACROSS THE DAKOTAS...HOWEVER MOISTURE STILL PRESENT OVER NEBRASKA AND WOULD NOT TAKE MUCH FOR ACTIVITY TO BE THIS FAR SOUTH. A SECOND WAVE TUESDAY NIGHT WILL EXIT ON WEDNESDAY...AND COULD SEE SOME SUN ON WEDNESDAY. STILL GETTING SOME COOL AIR FROM THE NORTH AND HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S. WEAK RIDGING DEVELOPS LATER IN THE WEEK...WITH THE RIDGE AXIS OVERHEAD EARLY FRIDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME WARMER TEMPS FOR THURSDAY AND EVEN WARMER FOR FRIDAY. HIGHS IN THE 80S TO AROUND 90. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON A SFC COLD FRONT WILL BE WORKING ACROSS THE AREA. TIMING WILL BE KEY AS TO HOW WARM WE CAN GET. THIS ALSO PLAYS INTO WHERE THE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. SHOULD SEE ACTIVITY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WHICH WILL BE OVERHEAD AND TO THE EAST BASED ON THE LATEST MODEL CONSENSUS. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS EXPECTED. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 629 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 FOR THE KLBF TERMINAL...EXPECT HIGH CLOUDS AON 25000 FT AGL FOR MOST OF THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. SOME SCATTERED CIGS AROUND 700 FT AGL ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 14Z THIS MORNING. AFTER 00Z...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE TERMINAL WITH AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM 00Z TO 04Z MONDAY. CIGS IN ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL FALL TO 5000 FT AGL WITH VISBYS DOWN TO 5SM. OVERNIGHT...CIGS WILL FALL FURTHER TO 1500 FT AGL BY 08Z MONDAY. FOR THE KVTN TERMINAL...SCATTERED CIGS AROUND 25000 FT AGL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 22Z THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM 22Z THROUGH 02Z MONDAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. CIGS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AROUND 5000 FT AGL. CIGS WILL DROP DOWN TO 1200 FT AGL AFTER 05Z MONDAY. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CLB SHORT TERM...CLB LONG TERM...MASEK AVIATION...CLB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 942 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-151445- 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- 942 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 /842 AM MDT SUN JUN 14 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT ALONG THE SOUTH PLATTE AND PLATTE RIVERS...AS WELL AS THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER UPSTREAM OF LAKE MCCONAUGHY. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT. THOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...A STRONG STORM OR TWO IS POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. RIVER LEVELS ALONG THE SOUTH PLATTE AND PLATE RIVERS...AS WELL AS THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER UPSTREAM OF LAKE MCCONAUGHY...WILL REMAIN AT OR NEAR FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY FROM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ON TUESDAY...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...OR ROUGHLY WEST OF A LINE FROM OGALLALA TO AINSWORTH. .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) TAYLOR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 522 PM GMT SUN JUN 14 2015 NEZ057-058-141800- KEITH NE-PERKINS NE- 1122 AM MDT SUN JUN 14 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN PERKINS AND SOUTHERN KEITH COUNTIES UNTIL NOON MDT... AT 1120 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OGALLALA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... ROSCOE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 136. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 94. THIS STORM 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. TAYLOR
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:25 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
At 1125CST, a landspout tornado formed about 7 miles south southeast of North Platte in an open field and drifted slowly to the west. The tornado lifted at 1129CST with no damage reported.
A mesonet observation near North Platte measured 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
A large tree limb was downed in North Platte from thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
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