Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 2003, 7:49 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 56 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
- Sep 10, 2003, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2003, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Custer County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLBF 110049 SVRLBF NEC041-110145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 748 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 744 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARNOLD...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOTHENBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. 80 MPH WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM NEAR MAXWELL WHERE ROOF DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARNOLD AROUND 805 PM CDT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CALLAWAY AROUND 815 PM CDT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MERNA AROUND 830 PM CDT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW AROUND 835 PM CDT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF BERWYN AROUND 840 PM CDT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEISSERT AROUND 845 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 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WEAK...SHORT LIVED TORNADOS ALONG ITS LEADING EDGE. HOWEVER...THE PRIMARY THREAT POSED BY THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. QUICKLY SEEK SAFETY IN A BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4172 10022 4107 10021 4106 9922 4171 9924 $$ CDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Sep 10, 9:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Custer | 2 hr |
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.