Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Jul 7, 2003, 8:08 PM MDT (02:08 UTC)

Expired

Jul 7, 2003, 9:00 PM MDT

In force

52 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chase County, NE, Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 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.

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS53 KLBF 080208
SVRLBF
NEC029-101-135-080300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
806 PM MDT MON JUL 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KEITH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
  PERKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
  CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 900 PM MDT

* AT 756 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRULE TO 
  14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAMPION...OR ABOUT ALONG A LINE EXTENDING   
  FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF LEWELLEN TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF   
  ALVIN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  80 MPH WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED 
  IN BIG SPRINGS WITH THESE STORMS WHICH EXTEND SOUTH TO LAMAR AND   
  CHAMPION.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  OVER BRULE AROUND 825 PM MDT
  OVER CHAMPION AROUND 830 PM MDT
  OVER IMPERIAL AROUND 840 PM MDT
  OVER LEMOYNE AROUND 845 PM MDT
  OVER ENDERS AROUND 850 PM MDT
  OVER MADRID AROUND 900 PM 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4133 10201 4038 10198 4039 10138 4133 10137

$$
CDC

NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 7, 2:55 PM MDT, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
355 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2003

PCPN CHANCES THIS EVENING/TONIGHT MAIN FCST CHALLENGE.

ANOTHER BUSY NIGHT AS MCS CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN CWA
EARLY THIS MORNING. ATMOSPHERE WILL TRY TO RELOAD TODAY WITH NEXT
STRONG VORT SEEN IN WATER VAPOR ACROSS OR/ID. THIS FEATURE WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY JET MAX ALSO MOVING ACROSS PAC NW. PRIOR TO LARGE
MCS...SFC LOW WAS IN SE COLORADO WITH WARM FRONT ARCHING ACROSS NW
INTO SOUTHERN NEB.

CYCLOGENESIS SHOULD CONTINUE ACROSS NW HIGH PLAINS AS WESTERN VORT
ADVANCES TODAY. THIS WILL ALLOW SOUTHERLY FLOW TO INCREASE ACROSS
THE PLAINS TODAY WITH WARM FRONT MOST LIKELY LIFTING INTO NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE STATE AS SFC LOW MOVES INTO BLACK HILLS REGION.
STRONG WAA AND THETA-E ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL OCCURE
ACROSS N/E PORTIONS OF FA. THIS COMBINED WITH STRONG SHEAR AHEAD OF
WAVE...SB CAPES 3000+...AND UPPER JET INTERACTION SHOULD LEAD TO
ANOTHER SVR WEATHER OUTBREAK. WILL PUT BEST POPS N.EAST TAPERING TO
SLGHT CHANCE FAR SW WHERE SOUNDINGS LESS IMPRESSIVE WITH WARM/DRY
AIR WORKING IN ALOFT. HOWEVER WILL BE STRONG CONVERGENCE ALONG SFC
TROF/DRYLINE AND FROPA LATER IN EVENING. Q-VECTS SHOWING STRONG
SUBSIDENCE PUSHING IN BEHIND WAVE WITH PCPN ENDING W/E THROUGH BY
SUNRISE WITH FROPA THROUGH CWA.

ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO REMAINDER OF FCST.

.LBF...NONE.

DP

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-081100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
716 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT (11 PM MDT)...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING FOR AREAS MAINLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2 AND 91. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE
LARGE...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS
ALSO POSSIBLE. AREAS NORTH OF THIS LINE CAN EXPECT SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORM IS LESS LIKELY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MID
WEEK AS NUMEROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL BE TRAVELING OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS IN WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT.  THE CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY BUT THE HIGHEST
LIKELY HOOD OF SEVERE WEATHER IS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
2.

KAR

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.