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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS North Platte, NE

June 29, 2000Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2000, 4:54 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 66 min. 3 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 29, 2000, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2000, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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 29, 5:03 PM CDTHail 1.75Hershey, NE
Jun 29, 5:10 PM CDTHail 2.5Brady, NE
Jun 29, 5:35 PM CDTHail 1.75Brady, NE

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 29, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 15 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 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 292157
SVRLBF
NEC111-292300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
454 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ACROSS NORTHERN LINCOLN 
  COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE HAIL WILL BE...
  NEAR MAXWELL AROUND 500 PM CDT
  NEAR SUTHERLAND AROUND 510 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.

THE PRIMARY THREAT POSED BY THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. 
QUICKLY SEEK SAFETY IN A BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT 
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. 

NNNN
JWS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry58 min
Jun 29, 1:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry25 min
Jun 29, 1:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry33 min
Jun 29, 1:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry32 min
Jun 29, 2:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry, Hooker34 min
Jun 29, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHooker64 min
Jun 29, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant60 min
Jun 29, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFMcPherson62 min
Jun 29, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur40 min
Jun 29, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas64 min
Jun 29, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan66 min
Jun 29, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln54 min
Jun 29, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson34 min
Jun 29, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln58 min
Jun 29, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier59 min
Jun 29, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln60 min
Jun 29, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Hayes63 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.