A persistent stationary front served as the focal point for thunderstorm development during the afternoon hours of June 6th. Thunderstorms developed over western Cherry and Sheridan county and tracked to the southeast, across the Sandhills into portions of central Nebraska.
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A persistent stationary front served as the focal point for thunderstorm development during the afternoon hours of June 6th. Thunderstorms developed over western Cherry and Sheridan county and tracked to the southeast, across the Sandhills into portions of central Nebraska. A brief tornado touch down was reported over far northwestern Cherry county. Hail up to golf ball size and thunderstorm wind gusts to 70 MPH were reported with the strongest storms.
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 6, 12:34 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service North Platte NE 134 PM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Tuesday night) Issued at 133 PM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022 Early afternoon satellite imagery and observations show no shortage of boundaries across central and western Nebraska with an old lingering frontal boundary extending from SD into central/eastern Nebraska, a north-south inverted trof/dryline across western Nebraska, and numerous convective outflow boundaries floating around. Instability has been pooling all morning with CAPE values ranging from 1500J/kg north to 2500J/kg south, and the cap largely eroded north of I-80. Expect convective initiation will occur upstream as numerous short waves evident in water vapor move over the frontal boundary this afternoon and evening. 0-3km bulk shear vectors of 30kt to 40kt appear to have a favorable enough orientation to the boundary for discrete cells that will propagate southeastward along the boundary and into central Nebraska, likely also encountering old convective outflow boundaries from morning convection still percolating across northeast Nebraska. With slight differences in location and timing, mesoscale guidance is in fairly good agreement advertising has a strong signal for more than one supercell to move along the boundary with the full suite of hail, wind, and possibly tornadic severe threats in play before convection pushes clear of the region to the southeast before Midnight. Not much of a ow level jet tonight to fuel vigorous convection overnight but expect some showers/thunder will be stewing around through daybreak. We finally get a good kicker to boot the lingering frontal boundary to our south as a good amount of short wave energy starts moving the axis of the upper short wave eastward. However before this can take place, the convective environment remains quite favorable for another round of severe storms tomorrow afternoon and evening. Instability south of highway 2 will be quite robust and will support some big hail with abundant shear for organized convection. .LONG TERM...(Wednesday through Monday) Issued at 133 PM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022 Wednesday looks to be a dry day as the axis of the departing upper trof moves to our east and high pressure builds in at the surface. However this break will be brief as the surface high moves off to our east and pushes a warm front into the region with showers and thunderstorms by Wednesday night. The lingering warm front will then serve as a focus for convection on Thursday with significant instability pooling along the boundary in a highly sheared environment. Expect a severe threat of hail, wind, and with 0-3km bulk shear vectors approaching 50kts and just enough angle of attack relative to the boundary to support a tornado threat as well into Thursday evening. Will be watching evolution of parameters closely over the next few days. Ensemble guidance remains in good agreement in building a ridge over the western US through the weekend before another large upper trof starts building into the PacNW as we head into next week. The axis of the upper ridge looks to be a bit further west and this will result in systems spilling over the ridge in northwest flow with a surface boundary meandering across the High Plains. This will keep at least a low chance of showers and thunderstorms in the forecast each day thorugh the weekend but do not expect any day to be a washout. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Tuesday afternoon) Issued at 1229 PM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022 Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop by late afternoon and continue into the evening hours. Some thunderstorms may be severe with very large hail and damaging winds as the primary threats. Visibility reductions should be expected in heavy rainfall from these storms. Storms may linger through Tuesday morning with a brief break by late morning. Additional thunderstorm chances are expected Tuesday afternoon and evening. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...MBS LONG TERM...MBS AVIATION...Kulik
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service North Platte NE 1124 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-071630- 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- 1124 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022 /1024 AM MDT Mon Jun 6 2022/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central Nebraska. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening. The greatest threat for severe weather will generally be west of a line from Valentine to Grand Island. The main hazards will be damaging winds, large hail, and locally heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. Thunderstorm chances continue Tuesday with a slight risk of severe weather. The greatest threat for severe weather will be across the southern Sandhills into southwest and central Nebraska with damaging winds and large hail as the main threats. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. && Get your weather, hydrological, and climate information at http://www.weather.gov/northplatte
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
114 PM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
NEZ010-029-061845-
Wheeler NE-Holt NE-
114 PM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Holt
and northeastern Wheeler Counties through 145 PM CDT...
At 113 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles northeast of Chambers, or 11 miles south of O'neill, moving
southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Inman, Knievels Corner and Goose Lake State Wildlife Management Area.
This includes the following highways...
Highway 20 between mile markers 314 and 320.
Highway 281 between mile markers 166 and 175.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 4194 9843 4230 9874 4241 9855 4221 9830
4202 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 321DEG 30KT 4230 9859
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
SporerSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
122 PM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
NEZ008>010-027>029-061900-
Brown NE-Wheeler NE-Loup NE-Holt NE-Garfield NE-Rock NE-
122 PM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southern Rock,
northeastern Loup, east central Brown, northern Garfield,
southwestern Holt and northwestern Wheeler Counties through 200 PM
CDT...
At 122 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles northwest of Chambers to 9 miles west
of Amelia to 10 miles north of Rose. Movement was southeast at 15
mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Chambers, Amelia, Rose, Sunfish Lake, Twin Lakes State Wildlife
Management Area, Carson Lake and Sybrant.
This includes the following highways...
Highway 183 between mile markers 153 and 166.
Highway 281 between mile markers 153 and 162.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 4203 9856 4202 9888 4212 9950 4238 9972
4229 9919 4227 9874
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 319DEG 12KT 4227 9883 4225 9915 4232 9958
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
SporerSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
157 PM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
NEZ009-010-027-028-061945-
Loup NE-Holt NE-Garfield NE-Rock NE-
157 PM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southeastern Rock,
northeastern Loup, northern Garfield and southwestern Holt Counties
through 245 PM CDT...
At 157 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 12 miles south of Amelia to 11 miles east of
Rose. Movement was southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Carson Lake, Gables and Sunfish Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4196 9934 4228 9937 4218 9886 4202 9875
4189 9876
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 305DEG 24KT 4206 9889 4220 9931
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
KulikSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
221 PM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
NEZ008-009-062000-
Brown NE-Rock NE-
221 PM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Rock and
east central Brown Counties through 300 PM CDT...
At 221 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Long Pine, or 8 miles east of Ainsworth, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Long Pine.
This includes the following highways...
Highway 183 between mile markers 165 and 194.
Highway 20 between mile markers 247 and 258.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4254 9980 4261 9967 4250 9926 4225 9964
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 302DEG 20KT 4254 9970
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
KulikThe Rapid City radar (KUDX), 153 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:47 UTC.
17 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gordon Rushville Fire Department reported a brief touchdown.
Thunderstorm wind gust.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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