A line of strong to severe storms developed over northeastern Colorado during the afternoon hours of June 19th. This activity pushed into far southwestern Nebraska producing severe wind gusts over Chase county.
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The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.
A line of strong to severe storms developed over northeastern Colorado during the afternoon hours of June 19th. This activity pushed into far southwestern Nebraska producing severe wind gusts over Chase county. Wind gusts up to 60 MPH were reported in the Imperial 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 Jun 19, 4:53 PM MST, 14 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service North Platte NE 653 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Sunday night) Issued at 137 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021 A modest upstream shortwave is evident across central WY per water vapor imagery early this afternoon. Meanwhile at the surface, a warm front was analyzed across KS. The better moisture (surface dew points 65-70) are located near and pooling just to the north of this boundary roughly along the I-70 corridor across northern KS. This moisture will try and work northward late this afternoon and early this evening as the low-level flow veers more to the southeast. Even so, dew points will struggle into the upper 50s along and south of I80 and less to the north of I80. The limited moisture return will be of concern as convection moves east-southeastward out of the Panhandle ahead of the WY shortwave late this afternoon and evening. The Hi-Res short term models are hinting that the stronger and potentially severe storms will likely stay mostly along and south of I80, where the better moisture will reside. The main severe threat seems to be from strong wind potential and a lesser threat for hail. HRRR advertises a swath of significant gusts of 45-55 kts this evening south of I80 as the line of storms progresses across the area. Late tonight a cold front will begin to move southeast into northwest Nebraska driven by a potent shortwave moving southeast into the Dakotas. This front will cross the area Sunday ushering in a cooler and drier airmass from Canada. It will take some time for this airmass to fully move into the area, but northwest Nebraska will only see highs in the mid 70s Sunday with lower to mid 80s across the central and southwest portions of the state. A quick moving disturbance within northwest flow aloft will cross the central Rockies into the western High Plains Sunday night. Warm/moist advection ahead of this wave could trigger a round of elevated thunderstorms Sunday night across the Panhandle through southwest Neb. and current pops will be maintained. .LONG TERM...(Monday through Saturday) Issued at 137 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021 The brunt of the cooler airmass will be located across the region on Monday. H85 temps will range from 14-19C from northeast to southwest across the area, which will yield highs generally in the mid to upper 70s. Ridging aloft quickly builds in TUE-THU with highs back into the 90s. Then towards the end of the week and next weekend, models have been advertising an upper level long wave trough crossing Canada into the Northern Plains. Models have been struggling with the amount of cooler air that may filter south with this feature, but at least a few degrees of cooling seems likely. Ensemble means of both the GFS and ECMWF are in the mid 80s for Friday and Saturday. The official forecast is just a few degrees higher than that at this point. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Sunday evening) Issued at 651 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021 VFR conditions are expected to largely prevail through tomorrow afternoon. The lone exception will be this evening, when thunderstorms move through southwest NE and may lead to brief local MVFR. Storms across southwest Ne will have a risk for strong wind gusts and hail. These storms quickly exit the area from west to east tonight. Some northerly LLWS looks to develop across portions of northern Nebraska overnight. Otherwise, expect winds to back from southeasterly to northerly and remain gusty as a cold front passes tomorrow morning. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...Taylor LONG TERM...Taylor AVIATION...Roberg
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 323 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2021 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- 323 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2021 /223 PM MDT SAT JUN 19 2021/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE PRIMARY HAZARD IS DAMAGING WIND, BUT SOME POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR LARGE HAIL. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN IS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE SEVERE THREAT IS MARGINAL ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PLEASE RELAY ANY INFORMATION ABOUT OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NWS. && GET YOUR WEATHER, HYDROLOGICAL, AND CLIMATE INFORMATION AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE TAYLOR
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
403 PM MDT Sat Jun 19 2021
NEZ022-056-192245-
Deuel NE-Garden NE-
403 PM MDT Sat Jun 19 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN GARDEN AND DEUEL
COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM MDT...
At 401 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 11 miles north of Lisco to 11 miles north of
Sunol to near Lorenzo. Movement was east at 35 mph.
Half inch hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Chappell, Oshkosh, Lewellen, Lisco, Crescent Lake National Wildlife
Refuge, Rackett, Dogtown Flats, Intersection of Highway 27 and 9 Mile
Road, Deer Lake, Ash Hollow State Historical Park, Richardson Lake,
Mount Vernon, Adams Flats, Bluewater Battlefield State Historical
Park and Sugar Loaf Hill.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for
the Panhandle of Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4175 10207 4130 10212 4100 10233 4100 10261
4139 10261 4140 10264 4174 10264 4175 10266
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 264DEG 31KT 4167 10262 4132 10272 4103 10296
TaylorSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
449 PM MDT Sat Jun 19 2021
NEZ022-035-056-057-192330-
Deuel NE-Arthur NE-Garden NE-Keith NE-
449 PM MDT Sat Jun 19 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARTHUR...
NORTHWESTERN PERKINS...WESTERN KEITH...SOUTHERN GARDEN AND DEUEL
COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM MDT...
At 447 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles southeast of Crescent Lake National
Wildlife Refuge to near Oshkosh to near Ovid. Movement was east at 40
mph.
Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these
storms.
Locations impacted include...
Chappell, Oshkosh, Big Springs, Brule, Lewellen, Barton, Lemoyne,
Dogtown Flats, Clear Creek State Wildlife Management Area, Rackett,
Otter Creek Campground, Lake View Campground and Ash Hollow State
Historical Park.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for
the Panhandle of Nebraska. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also remains
in effect until 1100 PM MDT for southwestern Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4116 10262 4137 10255 4172 10258 4165 10179
4122 10176 4100 10183 4100 10261
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 283DEG 33KT 4161 10233 4133 10232 4102 10241
TaylorThe Goodland radar (KGLD), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:05 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind gusts up to 60 MPH led to some power outages in Imperial.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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