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Severe Thunderstorm and Heavy Rainfall Potential Continues

A low pressure center tracking across the Great Lakes and its associated cold front extending across the Southern Plains will focus occasional showers and thunderstorms through tonight. A few of these thunderstorms may become severe alongside heavy rainfall that may cause flash flooding; Portions of the Southern Plains would be the greatest threat for these hazards through tonight. Read More >

Overview

Supercell thunderstorms developed in the late afternoon across the Nebraska Panhandle and western Nebraska and moved eastward in the evening hours. As they storms moved eastward, they formed into a line of storms, extending from Cherry County south towards the Nebraska state line. Strong straight-line winds were found throughout the line of storms, with the strongest winds across the southern portion of the line.  In addition to widespread winds of 70 mph and greater, stronger winds of over 100 mph, impacted locations just south of the city of North Platte. A storm survey conducted by the National Weather Service in North Platte revealed the widespread damage across central Lincoln County was the result of extreme outflow winds from a bowing line segment of storms. The peak wind speed from the survey was 105 mph.

 

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