Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS North Platte, NE

July 20, 2000Frontier County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2000, 9:01 PM CDT for Frontier County, Nebraska. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 2000, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Frontier County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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 20, 9:10 PM CDTHail 1Stockville, 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
Jul 20, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1425 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1425 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1198 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

983 
WUUS53 KLBF 210206 COR
SVRLBF
TTAA00 KLBF 210201

NEC063-210300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
906 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 901 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF MAYWOOD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CURTIS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  9 MILES SOUTH OF CURTIS AROUND 910 PM CDT
  3 MILES SOUTH OF STOCKVILLE AROUND 930 PM CDT
  15 MILES SOUTH OF EUSTIS AROUND 1000 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

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

LAT...LON 4068 10074 4036 10073 4036 10013 4068 10003

$$
ROBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry55 min
Jul 21, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFRock31 min
Jul 21, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt35 min
Jul 21, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt30 min
Jul 21, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry52 min
Jul 21, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield34 min
Jul 21, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden33 min
Jul 21, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield31 min
Jul 21, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant54 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.