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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS North Platte, NE

April 19, 2000Logan County, Thomas County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2000, 12:39 AM CDT for Logan County, Thomas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 2000, 12:39 AM CDT (05:39 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2000, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Whole counties

Counties Logan County, NE, Thomas County, NE

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 19, 1:15 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Seneca, NE	TREE LIMBS DOWN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 18, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 68 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: 190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -459 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 274 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 190541
SVRLBF
NEC031-113-171-190645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1239 AM CDT WED APR 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT(1245 AM MDT)

* AT 1238 AM CDT(1138 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  RINGGOLD TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MULLEN TO 28 MILES NORTH OF
  WHITMAN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  TRYON TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MULLEN TO 38 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MULLEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  11 MILES NORTHWEST OF STAPLETON AROUND 100 AM CDT
  NEAR SENECA AROUND 105 AM CDT
  NEAR THEDFORD AROUND 140 AM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER IN A SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST
PROTECTION.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING 
WIND. MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING(400 AM MDT WEDNESDAY MORNING) FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

JRS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 18, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	61 min
Apr 18, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Garden, Grant	61 min
Apr 18, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Grant	61 min
Apr 18, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hooker, McPherson	67 min
Apr 19, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln	55 min
Apr 19, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	66 min
Apr 19, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hooker, Lincoln, McPherson	35 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.