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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS North Platte, NE

June 12, 2000Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2000, 10:02 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 58 min. 2 reports 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
Jun 12, 2000, 10:02 PM CDT (03:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2000, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Custer County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 10:02 PM CDTHail 1Callaway, NE
Jun 12, 10:30 PM CDTHail 1.25Oconto, NE60 mph wind

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 00:00Z on 2000-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1538 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
1538 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 130304
SVRLBF
NEC041-130400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1002 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1002 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16
  MILES NORTHEAST OF ARNOLD TO 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARNOLD TO 18
  MILES NORTHEAST OF GOTHENBURG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR ANSELMO AROUND 1015 PM CDT
  NEAR OCONTO AROUND 1020 PM CDT
  NEAR MERNA AROUND 1035 PM CDT
  NEAR BROKEN BOW AROUND 1100 PM 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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORC8EMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

SHEETS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker, McPherson63 min
Jun 12, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLogan67 min
Jun 12, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan57 min
Jun 12, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster, Logan25 min
Jun 12, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln33 min
Jun 12, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes45 min
Jun 12, 9:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster41 min
Jun 12, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln44 min
Jun 12, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster46 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.