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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS North Platte, NE

May 28, 2000Chase County, Hayes County, Nebraska

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 11:10 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EHayes Center, NETree 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 254 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 5:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan55 min
May 29, 5:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur40 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.