Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 543

June 30, 199719 counties in Nebraska; 13 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 30, 1997, 4:00 PM MDT for 19 counties in Nebraska; 13 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1997, 4:00 PM MDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1997, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Bennett County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Todd County, SD, Tripp County, SD

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

23 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 4:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMellette61 min
Jun 30, 4:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry49 min
Jun 30, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRBennett, Todd63 min
Jun 30, 4:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown65 min
Jun 30, 5:05 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFBrown35 min
Jun 30, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry64 min
Jun 30, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRJones, Lyman57 min
Jun 30, 5:42 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFBrown33 min
Jun 30, 6:17 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFBrown33 min
Jun 30, 6:23 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry32 min
Jun 30, 6:52 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFBrown33 min
Jun 30, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry64 min
Jun 30, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFRock65 min
Jun 30, 7:18 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningLBFBrown3 hr
Jun 30, 7:26 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFBrown34 min
Jun 30, 7:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown48 min
Jun 30, 7:46 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFRock64 min
Jun 30, 8:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Brown62 min
Jun 30, 8:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLoup65 min
Jun 30, 8:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster64 min
Jun 30, 8:54 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFLoup31 min
Jun 30, 9:25 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFLoup30 min
Jun 30, 9:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster46 min

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Dakota, 1997Every severe thunderstorm watch in 1997

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.