Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2003, 5:47 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 58 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
- Jun 9, 2003, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2003, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 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), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 343 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
200 WUUS53 KLBF 092247 SVRLBF NEC041-092345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 545 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF MERNA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 10 MILES NORTH OF BROKEN BOW AROUND 555 PM CDT 6 MILES SOUTH OF GATES AROUND 600 PM CDT 9 MILES NORTH OF WEISSERT AROUND 610 PM CDT 14 MILES NORTH OF WESTERVILLE AROUND 615 PM CDT OVER SARGENT AROUND 625 PM CDT 6 MILES NORTH OF COMSTOCK AROUND 635 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 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4171 9996 4138 9981 4139 9924 4172 9924 $$ DP
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 64 min |
| Jun 9, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt, Keya Paha, Rock | 57 min |
| Jun 9, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 38 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.