Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2000, 9:55 AM CDT for Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 65 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
- Jul 5, 2000, 9:55 AM CDT (14:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2000, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:57 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:15 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 E | Ericson, NE | |
| Jul 5, 10:35 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Bartlett, NE | Extensive wind damage in and around Bartlett. A canopy was torn off a gas station, several trees branches and power lines were down, and several grain bins were damaged or destroyed. In addition, 20 R.E.A poles were snapped off and several center pivot irriga |
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 nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 945 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1164 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
912 WUUS53 KLBF 051455 SVRLBF NEC183-051600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 955 AM CDT WED JUL 5 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WHEELER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 1100 AM CDT * AT 952 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ERICSON...OR ABOUT 21 MILES EAST OF BURWELL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... 7 MILES NORTH OF ERICSON AROUND 1000 AM 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 ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$ GEB
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 8:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Loup, Rock | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 9:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.