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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2000, 1:45 AM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 60 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
- Aug 2, 2000, 1:45 AM MDT (07:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2000, 2:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:15 AM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 57 E | Merriman, NE | Tree branches down. |
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 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3159 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
693 WUUS53 KLBF 020746 SVRLBF NEC031-020845- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 145 AM MDT WED AUG 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 245 AM MDT(345 AM CDT) * AT 141 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF ELI...OR ABOUT 43 MILES NORTHEAST OF GORDON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... OVER NENZEL AROUND 205 AM MDT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KILGORE AROUND 210 AM MDT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROOKSTON AROUND 320 AM CDT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MERRITT RESERVOIR DAM AROUND 330 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. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. 70 MPH WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA AS THE STORM MOVED THROUGH. ACT QUICKLY AND SEEK SAFETY IN A BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4295 10193 4256 10193 4252 10028 4295 10030 $$ CDC
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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.