Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2000, 5:43 PM MDT for Keith County, Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 62 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
- Sep 3, 2000, 5:43 PM MDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2000, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 5:50 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Brule, 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 851 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2313 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLBF 032345 SVRLBF NEC101-135-040045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 543 PM MDT SUN SEP 3 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN KEITH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA NORTHWESTERN PERKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA * UNTIL 645 PM MDT * AT 542 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRULE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF BIG SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * AT 542 PM MDT...A COUNTY OFFICIAL REPORTED MARBLE TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL NEAR BIG SPRINGS. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... 10 MILES SOUTH OF OGALLALA AROUND 615 PM MDT 13 MILES SOUTH OF ROSCOE AROUND 640 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 IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4115 10201 4093 10200 4084 10172 4122 10138 $$ SPRINGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, McPherson | 67 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.