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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE

March 7, 2000Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 2000, 1:43 PM MST for Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports 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
Mar 7, 2000, 1:43 PM MST (20:43 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2000, 2:45 PM MST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cherry County, NE, Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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
Mar 7, 2:00 PM MSTHail 0.75Gordon, NE
Mar 7, 2:18 PM MSTHail 0.75Merriman, 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
Mar 7, 1:00 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2000-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 65 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 2000-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
65 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-409 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1112 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 072046 COR
SVRLBF
NEC031-161-072145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE REFERENCE CITY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
143 PM MST TUE MAR 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 245 PM MST

* AT 137 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF GORDON...OR ABOUT 45 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF CHADRON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  6 MILES EAST OF GORDON AROUND 150 PM MST

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WHICH HAD BEEN 
IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SHERIDAN COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM CST.

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 600 PM MST
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTEGRN NEBRASKA.

WERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 11:52 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden, Sheridan53 min
Mar 7, 12:41 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan64 min
Mar 7, 4:01 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Perkins59 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.