An isolated severe storm developed over western portions of Holt county on the afternoon of May 10th. This storm produced an EF0 tornado 1 mile north of Atkinson.
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An isolated severe storm developed over western portions of Holt county on the afternoon of May 10th. This storm produced an EF0 tornado 1 mile north of Atkinson. Minor damage occurred to a windshield and garage.
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 10, 11:36 AM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1236 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 345 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016 CLOSED LOW OVER YELLOWSTONE EARLY THIS MORNING WITH A STRONG WAVE EXTENDING FROM EASTERN MONTANA INTO MISSOURI. RIDGE EXTENDING FROM TENNESSEE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 345 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016 MODELS DOING A FAIR JOB AND WILL USE A BLEND FOR THE FORECAST. ONGOING FOG IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER VALLEY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING WITH TD TEMPERATURE SPREADS VERY LOW. SOME WATER PROBLEMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA EARLY THIS MORNING. UPPER LOW PROGGED TO SHIFT EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY TODAY WITH AN UPPER JET ROUNDING THE TROUGH AND COMING ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WESTERN SANDHILLS THROUGH THE DAY. MARGINAL THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEWPORT TO CURTIS AND EAST TODAY. UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SB CAPES FROM 500 TO 1500 J/KG^2 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG THE MARGINAL LINE. LOW LEVEL JET NON EXISTENT. PWS LAST NIGHT 0.64 OR 114 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THINGS DRYING OUT A LITTLE TODAY WITH TDS FROM IMPERIAL TO AINSWORTH AND EAST IN THE 40S WITH 30S TO THE WEST. HIGHS TODAY IN THE 60S AND 70S AND LOWS TONIGHT IN THE 40S WITH SOME 30S OVER SHERIDAN COUNTY. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 345 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016 UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL QUICKLY LIFT NORTHEAST INTO CANADA WEDNESDAY...WITH MORNING SHOWER CHANCES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA FADING BY NOON. A COUPLE OF DRY DAYS ARE THEN EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA. SHOULD BE PLENTY OF SUN TOO...AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALOFT IS QUITE LOW. HAVE BOOSTED HIGH A FEW DEGREES THURSDAY...AS A THERMAL RIDGE ALOFT OVERSPREADS THE AREA AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. ECMWF IS SUPPORTING HIGHS WELL INTO THE 70S ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA...AS H850MB TEMPS RISE TO NEAR 15C BY 13/00Z FRIDAY. AS MENTIONED...THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY IN THE FORM OF A QUICK MOVING SHORTWAVE ALOFT CROSSING THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL DRIVE A CANADIAN COLD FRONT SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA...WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S BEHIND THE FRONT DURING THE WEEKEND. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER DURING THE WEEKEND...ALONG WITH CHANCES FOR SHOWERS RETURNING. THIS WILL BE MOSTLY DUE TO INCREASING MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS WITHIN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK A LONG WAVE TROUGH BEGINS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS...WITH WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPING. MODELS/GEFS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A SHOWERY AND COOL PATTERN THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK AS THIS OCCURS. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1235 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016 QUIET AVIATION CONDITIONS FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE AFTERNOON WILL GIVE WAY TO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY IS ALREADY SHOWING GROWING CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT JUST SOUTHEAST OF VALENTINE. VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN ANY THUNDERSTORM OR RAIN SHOWERS. ACROSS THE NORTH PLATTE TERMINAL...RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS QUIET DOWN OVERNIGHT WITH RISING CEILINGS AND DIMINISHING WINDS. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 345 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016 FORECASTS ON THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER BETWEEN LISCO AND LEWELLEN WERE BROUGHT DOWN. MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED. ON THE SOUTH PLATTE BOTH ROSCOE AND NORTH PLATTE WILL CONTINUE SLOW RISE IN BANKFULL. REPORTS OF WATER COVERING ROADS IN NORTHEAST HOLT AND BOYD COUNTIES PROMPTED FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS LAST NIGHT. WILL LET HIGHLIGHTS GO THIS MORNING. SAME AREA COULD SEE CONVECTION AGAIN THIS EVENING. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR NEZ006-007-009-010- 027>029-038. && SYNOPSIS...POWER SHORT TERM...POWER LONG TERM...TAYLOR AVIATION...KULIK HYDROLOGY...POWER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 451 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-111000- 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- 451 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016 /351 AM MDT TUE MAY 10 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING EAST OF A LINE FROM AINSWORTH TO IMPERIAL. ALTHOUGH EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER UPSTREAM OF LAKE MCCONAUGHY WILL SEE A SLOW RISE TODAY AND TONIGHT. MINOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER NEAR LEWELLEN WHILE LISCO WILL REMAIN ELEVATED. THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER IN WESTERN NEBRASKA WILL REMAIN ELEVATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER UPSTREAM OF LAKE MCCONAUGHY WILL SEE RISES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK DUE TO INCREASED RESERVOIR RELEASES IN WYOMING. THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER BETWEEN LISCO AND LEWELLEN ARE FORECAST TO BE IN MINOR FLOODING THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER IN WESTERN NEBRASKA WILL REMAIN ELEVATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && GET YOUR WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE) POWER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
942 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0941 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 SW BRISTOW 42.80N 98.64W
05/10/2016 M4.25 INCH HOLT NE PUBLIC
MINOR WASHOUTS ON LOCAL ROADWAYS
&&
MOLDANSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
310 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
NEZ007-010-102045-
HOLT NE-BOYD NE-
310 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWEST HOLT AND BOYD
COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
AT 306 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES NORTH OF STUART...OR 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF BASSETT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUTTE...NAPER...DUSTIN AND ANOKA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4263 9913 4275 9925 4300 9915 4300 9875
4299 9875
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 220DEG 20KT 4276 9915
JWSThe North Platte radar (KLNX), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:23 UTC.
1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
At 225 PM CST a landspout tornado briefly touched down 1 mile north of Atkinson that produced minor damage to a tractor's wind shield and small garage before lifting while moving into an alfalfa field. The tornado was rated an EF-0 with highest winds estimated at 70 mph.
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