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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS North Platte, NE

July 26, 2000Arthur County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2000, 4:30 PM MDT for Arthur County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 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 26, 2000, 4:30 PM MDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2000, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Arthur County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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 26, 4:45 PM MDTHail 1Arthur, 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 12:00Z on 2000-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1879 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 12:00Z on 2000-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
1879 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-266 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

625 
WUUS53 KLBF 262230
SVRLBF
NEC005-262315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
430 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ARTHUR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 430 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF ARTHUR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  4 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARTHUR AROUND 435 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.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.
$$

TLK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 4:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith57 min
Jul 26, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson53 min
Jul 26, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur62 min
Jul 26, 5:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker55 min
Jul 26, 5:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson29 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.