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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS North Platte, NE

June 29, 2000Frontier County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2000, 5:16 PM CDT for Frontier County, Nebraska. It was in force for 59 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, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2000, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Whole counties

County Frontier County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 29, 5:35 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Stockville, NE
Jun 29, 6:08 PM CDT	Hail 4.5	Eustis, NE
Jun 29, 6:20 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Maywood, NE	A long track supercell thunderstorm began in western Cherry county during the early afternoon hours of the 29th. The thunderstorm proceeded to move southeast through eastern Hooker, eastern McPherson, western Logan, eastern Lincoln, into eastern Frontier coun

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 29, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 69 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: 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 292219
SVRLBF
NEC063-292315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FRONTIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF BRADY...MOVING SOUTH AT 40 
  MPH.

* THE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE...
  5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOOREFIELD AROUND 530 PM CDT
  NEAR CURTIS AROUND 535 PM CDT
  9 MILES NORTHEAST OF STOCKVILLE AROUND 545 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 TO 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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 29, 2:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
223 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000..CORRECTED TO ADD SVR TSRA WATCH

...MAIN CHALLENGE WILL BE POPS TONIGHT...

ALL MODELS INITIALIZED WELL WITH 500MB LOW CENTERS OVER NORTHERN
QUEBEC AND WEST OF BRITISH COLUNBIA. FLAT RIDGE OVER THE SWRN US.
AVN AND NGM MODELS INDICATE LOW PRESSURE FROM NORTHEAST COLORADO
INTO THE NEBRASKA PNHDL AT 18Z. ETA LOW IS FURTHER WEST INTO CENTRAL
COLORADO. AVN IS VERIFYING BEST WITH SFC FEATURES AND WILL FAVOR THE
AVN.

TONIGHT...SFC LOW AT 00Z FRI SHOULD BE LOCATED NEAR AKO COLORADO
WITH WM FRONT EXTENDING EAST ACROSS SRN NEBR. SVR CONVECTION IN
CHERRY CNTY WILL PROPOGATE SOUTWARD INTO AREA OF BEST SFC MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE IN SWRN NEBR THIS EVENING. DRYLINE ALSO PROGRESING EAST
FROM THE ERN PHNDL. AVN SHOWS GOOD OMEGA COUPLET WITH MCS MOVING SE
OF OF CWA BY 06Z. SOME WEAKER CONVECTION EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS ERN
CWA UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS ETA MODEL SHOWS 650MB VORT LOBE
ROTATING THROUGH CENTRAL NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT. GUIDANCE IN AGREEMENT
WITH LOWS IN THE MID 50S.

FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY WITH NO WEAK SHORTWAVES EVIDENT ON ETA OR AVN.
SFC WIND FIELD WILL BE LIGHT AND VARAIBLE...THEN LIGHT SE DURING THE
AFTERNOON. FAVORING HIGHS AROUND 90 WEST AND MID 80S EAST.

FRIDAY NIGHT...SFC LOW MOVES ACROSS SRN CANADA WITH WEAK LOW
PRESSURE INTO CNTRAL ROCKIES. WINDS WILL AGAIN REMAIN QUITE WEAK
WITH A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY AND LOWS AROUND 60 WEST AND 60 TO 65 EAST.

SATURDAY...SFC LOW TO DEEPEN IN WRN SD WITH LEE SIDE TROUGH
EXTENDING SOUTH INTO ERN COLORADO. WILL OPT FOR PARTLY SUNNY WEST
AND MOSTLY SUNNY EAST...AND MENTION LOW AFTERNOON POPS IN THE WEST.
DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S AND LOWER 60S WEST AND HIGHS IN THE MID AND
UPPER 90S WILL DESTABLIZE THE SFC AS 700 SHORT WAVE GENERATES LIFT
BY LATE IN THE DAY. VERY WARM 700MB TEMPS OF 16 TO 18C MAY INHIBIT
CONVECTION HOWEVER.

EXTENDED...MRF AND UKMET BUILD UPPER RIDGE INTO THE CENTRAL AND SRN
PLAINS. RISK OF TSRA WILL BE ON THE PERIFERY OF THE RIDGE WITH
CONVECTION NOT LIKELY UNDER THE WARM UPPER RIDGE. 700 SHORTWAVE TO
TRAVERSE EAST SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A SLIGHT CHNACE OF TSRA. MORNING
TSRA POSSIBLE EAST...OTHERWISE DRY. HOT AND DRY MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
LOWS IN THE 60S. HIGHS IN THE 90S.

.LBF...SVR THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 00Z FRI ZONES
004-005-023>025-022-056-035>037-057>059-069>071

ROBERG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 11:23 AM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-292045-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1123 AM CDT THU JUN 29 2000

...STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH THIS EVENING.  THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM HYANNIS
TO ONEILL...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM HYANNIS TO OGALLALA. BY LATE
AFTERNOON...THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
WEST OF A LINE FROM VALENTINE TO BROKEN BOW.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE ATMOSPHERE IN THIS REGION IS
SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE AND WITH SOME SUNSHINE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY...
SOME STORMS MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH 5 PM CDT...NORTH OF A HYANNIS TO ONEILL LINE.

MEANWHILE...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM AT THE SURFACE WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN PORTION
OF THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE
EXPECTED IN THIS AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH ADDITONAL
MOISTURE BEING BROUGHT IN ON SOUTHERLY WINDS...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL
BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. AS THE LOW DEVELOPS...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEST OF A LINE FROM
HYANNIS TO OGALLALA BY MID AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL.
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IF THE STORMS INTERACT WITH
A DRYLINE THAT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS WELL...BY MID AFTERNOON.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR WEATHER UPDATES.

JWS

Local storm report, Jun 29, 2:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
220 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0125 PM    36 S MERRIMAN             NE   2.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/00   CHERRY

0135 PM    36 SSE MERRIMAN           NE   2.00 INCH HAIL
06/29/00   CHERRY

RLB

Local storm report, Jun 29, 3:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
324 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0307 PM    4 N HYANNIS               NE   .88 INCH HAIL
06/29/00   GRANT

0310 PM    HYANNIS                   NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/00   GRANT

0245 PM    11 W MULLEN               NE   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/29/00   HOOKER

0243 PM    15 SW MULLEN              NE   TORNADO
06/29/00   HOOKER

0250 PM    57 SE MERRIMAN            NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/00   CHERRY

0303 PM    1 N MULLEN                NE   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/29/00   HOOKER

0300 PM    17SW MULLEN               NE   TORNADO
06/29/00   HOOKER

Local storm report, Jun 29, 4:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
414 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0345 PM    20 S SENECA               NE   .75 INCH HAIL
06/29/00   THOMAS

DP

Local storm report, Jun 29, 4:39 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
439 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0340 PM    13 NW TRYON               NE   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/29/00   MCPHERSON

0424 PM    5 W STAPLETON             NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/00   LOGAN

0350 PM    15 NE ARTHUR              NE   .88 INCH HAIL
06/29/00   ARTHUR

DP

Local storm report, Jun 29, 5:10 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
510 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0430 PM    18 SW TRYON               NE   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/29/00   MCPHERSON

0440 PM    3 E NORTH PLATTE          NE   61 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/29/00   LINCOLN

0445 PM    NORTH PLATTE              NE   .88 INCH HAIL
06/29/00   LINCOLN

0503 PM    4 N HERSHEY               NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/00   LINCOLN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 12:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	58 min
Jun 29, 1:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	25 min
Jun 29, 1:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	33 min
Jun 29, 1:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	32 min
Jun 29, 2:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry, Hooker	34 min
Jun 29, 2:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Hooker	64 min
Jun 29, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Grant	60 min
Jun 29, 3:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	McPherson	62 min
Jun 29, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur	40 min
Jun 29, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Thomas	64 min
Jun 29, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan	66 min
Jun 29, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	54 min
Jun 29, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	McPherson	34 min
Jun 29, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	58 min
Jun 29, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	66 min
Jun 29, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	60 min
Jun 29, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes	63 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.