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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS North Platte, NE

June 24, 2003Garfield County, Holt County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2003, 9:15 PM CDT for Garfield County, Holt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2003, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2003, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 24, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 24, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 226 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2003-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3681 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2003-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3681 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1413 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
10.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

164 
WUUS53 KLBF 250215
SVRLBF
NEC071-089-250315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
913 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 912 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMELIA TO 27 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF AMELIA...OR ABOUT ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES EAST OF
  ROSE TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  OVER AMELIA AROUND 930 PM CDT
  OVER CHAMBERS AROUND 945 PM CDT
  OVER ONEILL AROUND 950 PM CDT
  OVER INMAN AROUND 955 PM CDT
  OVER PAGE AROUND 1005 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER IN A SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST
PROTECTION.

A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT WEDNESDAY 
MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.


LAT...LON 4230 9838 4199 9895 4185 9923 4208 9922
          4223 9924 4269 9840

$$
HIRSCH

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan59 min
Jun 24, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown63 min
Jun 24, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBrown47 min
Jun 24, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd29 min
Jun 24, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Lincoln, Logan58 min
Jun 24, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHolt, Rock34 min
Jun 24, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes44 min
Jun 24, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBrown56 min
Jun 24, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBlaine29 min
Jun 24, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha, Rock60 min
Jun 24, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Hayes, Lincoln62 min
Jun 24, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt52 min
Jun 24, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHayes25 min
Jun 24, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier59 min
Jun 24, 9:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFHayes, Lincoln3 hr
Jun 24, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln61 min
Jun 24, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Holt44 min
Jun 24, 10:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLoup54 min
Jun 24, 10:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFRock40 min
Jun 24, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Frontier, Lincoln66 min
Jun 25, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown49 min

Nearby

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Sources

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