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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS North Platte, NE

June 19, 2000Blaine County, Brown County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2000, 8:45 PM CDT for Blaine County, Brown County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 19, 2000, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2000, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Blaine County, NE, Brown County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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 was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 8:55 PM CDTHail 1Johnstown, NEHail damage to house siding.

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 19, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 19, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2000-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1130 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

278 
WUUS53 KLBF 200146
SVRLBF
NEC009-017-200215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
845 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  NORTHERN BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 842 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELSMERE...OR ABOUT 14
  MILES NORTHWEST OF BREWSTER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER FARM AND RANGELAND OF...
  SOUTHERN BROWN AND NORTHERN BLAINE COUNTIES.

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 ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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

$$
CDC/KR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWheeler25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.