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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS North Platte, NE

July 5, 2000Wheeler County, Nebraska

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 10:15 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 EEricson, NE
Jul 5, 10:35 AM CDTThunderstorm WindBartlett, NEExtensive 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2000-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 945 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2000-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine61 min
Jul 5, 8:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLoup, Rock58 min
Jul 5, 8:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt55 min
Jul 5, 9:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield66 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.