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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 576

August 9, 200713 counties in Nebraska; 11 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 9, 2007, 3:59 PM CDT for 13 counties in Nebraska; 11 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2007, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 24 counties

Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Grant County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Bennett County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Todd County, SD, Tripp County, SD

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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.

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
20%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
5%
Ten or more severe wind reports
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
30%
Ten or more severe hail reports
40%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
40%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
70%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry67 min
Aug 9, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRTodd46 min
Aug 9, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry64 min
Aug 9, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt66 min
Aug 9, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown61 min
Aug 9, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry34 min
Aug 9, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeya Paha55 min
Aug 9, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry65 min
Aug 9, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Holt47 min
Aug 9, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown41 min
Aug 9, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Rock34 min
Aug 9, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHolt32 min
Aug 9, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Rock64 min
Aug 9, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry54 min
Aug 9, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHolt33 min
Aug 9, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix41 min
Aug 9, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield25 min
Aug 9, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWheeler40 min
Aug 9, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHolt35 min
Aug 9, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWheeler38 min
Aug 9, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Holt27 min

Discussions around it

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

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 7:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGage, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee and 1 more54 min
Aug 9, 3:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Brown, Cherry, Grant, Holt, Hooker and 4 more2 hr
Aug 9, 6:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Brown, Cherry, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock92 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2007Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Dakota, 2007Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.