Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS North Platte, NE
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 10:02 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Callaway, NE | |
| Jun 12, 10:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Oconto, NE | 60 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, McPherson | 63 min |
| Jun 12, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Logan | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer, Logan | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 46 min |
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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.