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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 203

June 1, 201418 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 1, 2014, 5:25 PM MDT for 18 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2014, 5:25 PM MDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2014, 9:02 PM MDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt

Counties Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Thomas County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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.

What SPC expected

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

Two or more tornadoes
10%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
2%
Ten or more severe wind reports
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
10%
Ten or more severe hail reports
30%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
30%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
60%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 5:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Garden, Grant48 min
Jun 1, 6:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel, Garden52 min
Jun 1, 6:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Grant, Hooker, McPherson49 min
Jun 1, 6:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Grant, Hooker43 min
Jun 1, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas49 min
Jun 1, 8:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster66 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
May 31, 7:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSioux118 min
Jun 1, 12:08 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Antelope, Boone, Buffalo, Butler, Clay and 33 more2 hr
Jun 1, 12:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Antelope, Boone, Buffalo, Burt, Butler and 50 more10 hr
Jun 1, 12:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChase, Dundy, Hayes, Hitchcock, Red Willow114 min
Jun 1, 1:34 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCedar, Dakota, Dixon, Pierce, Thurston, Wayne86 min
Jun 1, 2:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Burt, Butler, Cass, Clay, Colfax and 29 more63 min
Jun 1, 4:24 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Banner, Box Butte, Chase, Cheyenne, Deuel and 7 more96 min
Jun 1, 5:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGage, Jefferson, Johnson, Pawnee, Thayer91 min
Jun 1, 5:50 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCRichardson85 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2014Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2014

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.