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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 482

July 3, 20199 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 3, 2019, 8:03 PM CDT for 9 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2019, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2019, 11:26 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt

Counties Blaine County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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
10%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
2%
Ten or more severe wind reports
40%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
Ten or more severe hail reports
40%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
20%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
70%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Grant, Sheridan48 min
Jul 3, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry33 min
Jul 3, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Cherry, Grant, Hooker, McPherson, Thomas45 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
Jul 3, 7:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Brown, Cherry, Grant, Hooker, Keya Paha and 3 more114 min
Jul 3, 10:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Brown, Hooker, Keya Paha, Loup, Rock and 1 more92 min
Jul 4, 2:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanner, Box Butte, Dawes, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sioux2 hr
Jul 4, 3:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Brown, Cherry, Dawes, Grant, Hooker and 6 more114 min
Jul 4, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBanner, Box Butte, Dawes, Scotts Bluff, Sioux9 hr
Jul 4, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlaine, Brown, Cherry, Sheridan, Thomas5 hr
Jul 4, 5:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanner, Box Butte, Dawes, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sioux2 hr
Jul 4, 6:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherry, Hooker2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2019Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2019

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.