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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS North Platte, NE

July 10, 2000Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2000, 4:33 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 57 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
Jul 10, 2000, 4:33 PM MDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2000, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 10, 4:50 PM MDTHail 0.75Antioch, 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 nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2000-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 554 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2000-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 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
554 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 102236
SVRLBF
NEC161-102330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
433 PM MDT MON JUL 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHERIDAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 530 PM MDT

* AT 429 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES NORTH OF ANTIOCH...MOVING  
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSHVILLE AROUND 515 PM MDT
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLINTON AROUND 520 PM MDT
  
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.

THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SHEETS/CLB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 6:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas46 min
Jul 9, 6:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln66 min
Jul 9, 7:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Thomas42 min
Jul 9, 7:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln68 min
Jul 10, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden61 min
Jul 10, 5:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase60 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.