Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2000, 12:12 AM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 63 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
- May 17, 2000, 12:12 AM MDT (06:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2000, 1:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 1:00 AM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Rushville, 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
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2099 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
655 WUUS53 KLBF 170616 SVRLBF NEC161-170715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1212 AM MDT WED MAY 17 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA * UNTIL 115 AM MDT * AT 1210 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF RUSHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... NEAR GORDON AROUND 1230 AM MDT THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL WHICH MAY CAUSE INJURY AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. 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. $$ KAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 11:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 60 min |
| May 17, 2:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 39 min |
| May 17, 2:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes, Lincoln | 38 min |
| May 17, 2:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 55 min |
| May 17, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 62 min |
| May 17, 2:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Perkins | 27 min |
| May 17, 3:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 43 min |
| May 17, 3:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 52 min |
| May 17, 3:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 48 min |
| May 17, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 47 min |
| May 17, 3:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 56 min |
| May 17, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, McPherson | 62 min |
| May 17, 3:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 61 min |
| May 17, 4:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 51 min |
| May 17, 4:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln | 48 min |
| May 17, 4:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Loup | 61 min |
| May 17, 5:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Logan | 41 min |
| May 17, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 66 min |
| May 17, 5:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 59 min |
| May 17, 5:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 64 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.