Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2000, 10:45 PM MDT for Chase County, Hayes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 60 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 28, 2000, 10:45 PM MDT (04:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2000, 11:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chase County, NE, Hayes County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:44 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 28, 11:10 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Hayes Center, NE | Tree limbs down |
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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 254 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
435 WUUS53 KLBF 290447 SVRLBF NEC029-085-290545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1045 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN HAYES COUNTY IN NEBRASKA CHASE COUNTY IN NEBRASKA * UNTIL 1145 PM MDT(1245 AM CDT) * AT 1044 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF IMPERIAL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... NEAR ENDERS AROUND 1100 PM MDT NEAR WAUNETA AROUND 1110 PM MDT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAYES CENTER AROUND 1225 AM 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. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 55 min |
| May 29, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur | 40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.