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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 324

May 24, 200539 counties in Nebraska; 10 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 24, 2005, 3:35 PM CDT for 39 counties in Nebraska; 10 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2005, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties

Antelope County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boone County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Chase County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Holt County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Knox County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, Madison County, NE, Nance County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Valley County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, Bon Homme County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Tripp County, SD, Turner County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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.

Warnings issued inside it

19 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCedar, Knox, Pierce36 min
May 24, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope30 min
May 24, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson38 min
May 24, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope44 min
May 24, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Union20 min
May 24, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Turner26 min
May 24, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Turner35 min
May 24, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWheeler64 min
May 24, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln22 min
May 24, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWheeler67 min
May 24, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Union30 min
May 24, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy45 min
May 24, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock63 min
May 24, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow58 min
May 24, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster60 min
May 24, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper63 min
May 24, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHarlan61 min
May 24, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward58 min
May 24, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall29 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 2005-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 249 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
249 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-381 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 1:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChase, Dundy, Perkins117 min
May 24, 3:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Cedar, Chase and 20 more53 min
May 24, 6:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo and 33 more2 hr

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.