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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS North Platte, NE

May 26, 2000Hayes County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2000, 7:38 PM CDT for Hayes 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, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2000, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Hayes County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 7:50 PM CDTHail 0.75Hayes Center, 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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 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.

832 
WUUS53 KLBF 270039
SVRLBF
NEC085-270145-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HAYES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF GRAINTON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF HAYES CENTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  3 MILES WEST OF HAYES CENTER AROUND 840 PM 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 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 26, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.