Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2003, 2:50 PM CDT for Holt 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
- May 13, 2003, 2:50 PM CDT (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2003, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Holt County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -282 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KLBF 131950
SVRLBF
NEC089-132030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
249 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 247 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF ONEILL TO 2 MILES SOUTH OF
INMAN TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF EWING...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
OVER EWING AROUND 310 PM CDT
OVER PAGE AROUND 320 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.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4261 9883 4234 9876 4211 9878 4209 9830
4257 9831
$$
JWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 57 min |
| May 13, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Garfield | 62 min |
| May 13, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 46 min |
| May 13, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 51 min |
| May 13, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 29 min |
| May 13, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 45 min |
| May 13, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 57 min |
| May 13, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 44 min |
| May 13, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 39 min |
| May 13, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 31 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.