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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS North Platte, NE

May 26, 2000Garden County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2000, 3:38 PM MDT for Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 67 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 26, 2000, 3:38 PM MDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2000, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Garden County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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
May 26, 3:50 PM MDTHail 1Oshkosh, 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2000-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2000-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-268 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
989 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 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.

285 
WUUS53 KLBF 262140
SVRLBF
NEC069-262245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
338 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GARDEN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT

* AT 338 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF OSHKOSH...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEWELLEN AROUND 420 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 WHICH MAY CAUSE 
INJURY AND SEVERE 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.
$$

JRS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 6:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel66 min
May 26, 3:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan38 min
May 26, 4:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith67 min
May 26, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Hayes60 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.