Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

May 23, 2003, 7:07 PM MDT (01:07 UTC)

Expired

May 23, 2003, 8:00 PM MDT

In force

53 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cherry County, NE

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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.

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 240107
SVRLBF
NEC031-240200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
803 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT(800 PM MDT)

* AT 801 PM CDT(701 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF VALENTINE TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF VALENTINE TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF NENZEL TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  ELI...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  OVER MERRITT RESERVOIR DAM AROUND 820 PM CDT
  2 MILES NORTH OF BROWNLEE AROUND 900 PM CDT

* AT 801 PM CDT(701 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER     
  RADAR THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH 
  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 NEAR 
  BROWNLEE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEAR ELSMERE 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.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE 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 CDT
FRIDAY EVENING(1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING) FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4295 10156 4217 10108 4216 10025 4295 10026

$$
CDC

NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 23, 2:23 PM MDT, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
323 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2003

...CONVECTION THE MAIN CONCERNS TONIGHT...

UPPER LEVEL WINDS HAVE WEAKENED THIS AFTN.  PERHAPS MAKING FOR A
MORE FAVORABLE THUNDERSTORM ENVIRONMENT.  BEST INSTABILITY ACROSS
NEB PANHANDLE AND ERN WY...NE CO.  DISTURBANCE IS SWEEPING DOWN THRU
WRN SD THIS AFTN.  EXPECT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO BECOME SCATTERED
THRU EARLY EVENING WITH A STORM OR TWO REACHING SVR LIMITS.  SPC
CONFERENCE CALL UNDERWAY FOR PANHANDLE.  IF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD
SPREAD EWD A SECOND WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR WRN AND NCNTL NEB.

WAVE MOVES THRU TONIGHT WITH CLEARING MOST AREAS BY MORNING.
THEREAFTER...SAT AND ONWARD.  WARMING AND DRIER WEATHER.  NO
OBVIOUS RAIN THREAT IS EXPECTED SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

.LBF...NONE.

CDC

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-232045-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1058 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2003

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. THIS AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG
AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MERRIMAN...IN NORTHWESTERN CHERRY
COUNTY...TO BROKEN BOW...IN CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY.

EAST AND SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TODAY AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS WILL ALLOW PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
TO STREAM INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON.

BY LATE AFTERNOON...A COUPLE OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL DIVE
OUT OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO EASTERN WYOMING AND THE PANHANDLE
OF NEBRASKA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIATE IN THESE
LOCATIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON...MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO PORTIONS OF
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER
HAZARD THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL. LOOK FOR
THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVERNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT
BEGINS TO PUSH INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA. AS THUNDERSTORMS
ORGANIZE...THE MAIN THREAT OVERNIGHT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL ANCHOR ITSELF ACROSS THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES OVER THE NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL INHIBIT SEVERE WEATHER
FROM DEVELOPING SO NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF A LINE
FROM MERRIMAN TO BROKEN BOW.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

BUTTLER

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
0626 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0615 PM    KILGORE                   NE   1.50 IN HAIL
05/23/03   CHERRY                         WALNUT SIZED HAIL

JC

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