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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS North Platte, NE

July 3, 2004Lincoln County, Perkins County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 60 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: Jul 3, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lincoln County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 3, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 51 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 75 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -414 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 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 032300
SVRLBF
NEC111-135-040000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
559 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
  PERKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT(600 PM MDT)

* AT 557 PM CDT(457 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.
  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES 
  NORTHWEST OF SUTHERLAND TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUTHERLAND TO
  MADRID...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MADRID AROUND 505 PM MDT
  SUTHERLAND AROUND 620 PM CDT
  ELSIE AROUND 530 PM MDT
  HERSHEY AROUND 640 PM CDT
  GRAINTON AROUND 550 PM MDT
  WALLACE AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DICKENS AROUND 700 PM CDT

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4100 10145 4100 10124 4105 10126 4139 10126
      4139 10085 4139 10085 4104 10082 4074 10104
      4073 10181

$$

SPRINGER

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 3, 2:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 2:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
223 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004

...FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE PRECIP CHANCES AND ASSOC COVERAGE TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
12Z U/A ANALYSIS INDICATES H5 SHORTWAVE EXTENDING FROM ALONG THE
ND/MT BORDER SWWRD INTO WRN WY. THIS IS REFLECTED ON WV IMAGERY AS A
CIRCULATION CNTR NR SHR WY. TIMING OF THIS SHORTWAVE INDICATES SOME
RAPID CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH PEAK HEATING. ACCUS
IN THE NEBR PANHANDLE INDICATIVE OF MID LEVEL INSTABILITY. QUESTION
IS NOT IF CONVECTION WILL MOVE THROUGH FA THIS AFTN EVENING BUT
RATHER DEGREE OF COVERAGE. FEELING IS THAT ACCUS THIS MORNING AND
RAPID CONGESTION OF CU INDICATES PSBL BOUNDARY ALIGNED FROM NEAR
OSHKOSH TO HAYES CENTER WHICH WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND BE A
FOCUS FOR DEEP CONVECTION THIS EVENING. WILL MENTION LG HAIL DMG
WINDS THIS EVENING AS 0-6KM SHEAR ADEQUATE AT 30-40KTS. A STRONGER
SHORTWAVE WILL EJECT OUT ONTO THE HIGH PLAINS SUNDAY AFTN AND SUNDAY
NIGHT. WELL DEVELOPED LEESIDE TROUGH WILL BRING SERLY WINDS AND SB
CAPES 1500-2500 J/KG IN THE AFTERNOON. BEST FOCUS SHOULD BE FROM THE
PNHDL INTO NC KS BEGINNING SUN AFTN INTO SUNDAY NIGHT INTO AREA OF
HIGHEST THETA-E. SEVERE WX AGAIN PSBLE. AS UPPER TROUGH ADVANCES
ACROSS CNTRL AND NRN PLAINS MONDAY THUNDERSTORM CHC WILL
CONTINUE.CHCS DIMINISH MONDAY NIGHT AND END TUESDAY AS SFC HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN. THIS WILL BRING A COOLING TREND WITH LOWER 70S
NORTH AND UPPER 70S SOUTH ON MONDAY THEN MID 70S EXPECTED FOR
TUESDAY.

.WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT
AT 00Z FRI WRT H5 HEIGHT FIELDS AS H5 LOW CENTER NEAR ALBERTA
SASKATCHEWAN BORDER. DIFFLUENT REGION ACROSS CENTRAL PLAINS AS WELL
AS RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF UPPER JET. CHCS TAIL OFF TO SLIGHT CHC
FRI INTO EARLY SAT. TEMPS TO BE SEASONABLE IN THE MID 80S AS HOTTEST
AIR BOTTLED UP IN THE SWRN U.S.

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

ROBERG

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 3:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
315 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-040214-
ARTHUR-BLAINE-BOYD-BROWN-CHASE-CUSTER-DEUEL-EASTERN CHERRY-FRONTIER-
GARDEN-GARFIELD-GRANT-HAYES-HOLT-HOOKER-KEITH-KEYA PAHA-LINCOLN-
LOGAN-LOUP-MCPHERSON-PERKINS-ROCK-SHERIDAN-THOMAS-WESTERN CHERRY-
WHEELER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AINSWORTH...ARNOLD...ARTHUR...BASSETT...
BIG SPRINGS...BREWSTER...BROKEN BOW...BURWELL...CHAPPELL...CURTIS...
GORDON...GRANT...HAY SPRINGS...HAYES CENTER...IMPERIAL...MULLEN...
NORTH PLATTE...ONEILL...OGALLALA...OSHKOSH...RUSHVILLE...SPENCER...
SPRINGVIEW...STAPLETON...TAYLOR...THEDFORD...TRYON AND VALENTINE
315 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED EARLY TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE
PRIMARY THREAT...ALTHOUGH STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE
ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA WILL SEE THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER HOWEVER
THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN IS NEAR AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. STORMS
THAT DEVELOP OVER THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA WILL MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST
ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ACCOMPANY THE
STRONGEST STORMS AND PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SUNDAY...SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. THE AREA
OF GREATEST CONCERN WILL BE SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LARGE HAIL AND WIND
DAMAGE WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN. STORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
WESTERN NEBRASKA IN THE AFTERNOON AND MOVE SOUTHEAST. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL COULD ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS AND PRODUCE MINOR
FLOODING.

MONDAY...SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE NEAR AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING. SUNDAY AND MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY ALSO BE NEEDED SPOTTER ACTIVATION.

MASEK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:07 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
507 PM CDT SAT JUL 03 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     HAIL             4 NW KEYSTONE           41.26N 101.64W
07/03/2004  0.88 INCH        KEITH              NE   PUBLIC

            SOFT NICKLE SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED 4 MILES NORTH OF LISCO
            BY A PRIVATE CITIZEN.

&&

JS

Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:10 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR REMARKS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
510 PM CDT SAT JUL 03 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     HAIL             4 NW KEYSTONE           41.26N 101.64W
07/03/2004  0.88 INCH        KEITH              NE   PUBLIC

            SOFT NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEYSTONE
            BY A PRIVATE CITIZEN.

&&

JS/CLB

Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:18 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
518 PM CDT SAT JUL 03 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     HAIL             4 WNW KEYSTONE          41.24N 101.66W
07/03/2004  1.75 INCH        KEITH              NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFF DEPUTY REPORTED GOLF BALL HAIL AT MARTIN BAY JUST
            NORTH OF KINGSLEY DAM.

&&

MASEK

Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:30 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
530 PM CDT SAT JUL 03 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     TORNADO          5 N OGALLALA            41.20N 101.72W
07/03/2004                   KEITH              NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CONSERVATION OFFICER REPORTED BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
            OVER OPEN WATER OF THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE MCCONAUGHY.

&&

MASEK

Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:34 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
534 PM CDT SAT JUL 03 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0527 PM     HAIL             3 WNW KEYSTONE          41.24N 101.64W
07/03/2004  4.25 INCH        KEITH              NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            KEYSTONE FIRE CHIEF REPORTED BASEBALL TO SOFTBALL SIZE
            HAIL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF KINGSLEY DAM

&&

MASEK

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase	67 min
Jul 2, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith	53 min
Jul 2, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Perkins	66 min
Jul 2, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln	59 min
Jul 2, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	60 min
Jul 3, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	64 min
Jul 3, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith	66 min
Jul 3, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Grant, Hooker	24 min
Jul 3, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Keith	33 min
Jul 3, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Grant, Hooker	55 min
Jul 3, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes	60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2004 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.