Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS North Platte, NE

July 5, 2003Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2003, 5:35 AM MDT for Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 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
Jul 5, 2003, 5:35 AM MDT (11:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2003, 6:15 AM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cherry County, NE, Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2003-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2003-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3921 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

089 
WUUS53 KLBF 051135
SVRLBF
NEC031-161-051215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
534 AM MDT SAT JUL 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA 
  NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 615 AM MDT

* AT 531 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF
  GORDON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OVER GORDON AT 540 AM MDT
  12 MILES SOUTH OF MERRIMAN AROUND 615 AM MDT

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.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

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

LAT...LON 4296 10259 4249 10257 4251 10151 4296 10148

$$

CLB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry62 min
Jul 4, 7:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry61 min
Jul 4, 8:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown42 min
Jul 4, 8:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry63 min
Jul 5, 6:16 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry59 min
Jul 5, 6:51 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry24 min
Jul 5, 4:55 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry35 min
Jul 5, 5:30 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry60 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.