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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS North Platte, NE

May 7, 2003Garden County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2003, 4:11 PM MDT for Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 64 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
May 7, 2003, 4:11 PM MDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2003, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Garden County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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
May 7, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2003-05-07Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2003-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
1429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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.

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 072211
SVRLBF
NEC069-072315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
411 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GARDEN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 408 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTH OF
  LISCO...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHAPPELL...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LISCO AROUND 435 PM MDT
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF OSHKOSH AROUND 445 PM MDT
  9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRESCENT LAKE NWR AROUND 515 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.

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

LAT...LON 4127 10278 4122 10257 4147 10200 4200 10230

$$
SPRINGER

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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.