Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2000, 10:44 PM MDT for Arthur County, Grant County, Nebraska. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 18, 2000, 10:44 PM MDT (04:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2000, 11:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Arthur County, NE, Grant County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 10:50 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Hyannis, NE | |
| Apr 18, 11:00 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Arthur, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 10:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -459 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLBF 190446 SVRLBF NEC005-075-190545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1044 PM MDT TUE APR 18 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA EASTERN ARTHUR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 1145 PM MDT(1245 AM CDT) * AT 1042 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES WEST OF ASHBY TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF HYANNIS TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF ARTHUR...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 34 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARTHUR TO 16 MILES NORTH OF ARTHUR TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF ARTHUR...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE... NEAR HYANNIS AROUND 1110 PM MDT 7 MILES SOUTH OF WHITMAN AROUND 1140 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 SERIOUS INJURY AND SEVERE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT WEDNESDAY MORNING(500 AM CDT WEDNESD AY MORNING) FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. FWM
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 9:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 61 min |
| Apr 18, 9:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden, Grant | 61 min |
| Apr 18, 10:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, McPherson | 67 min |
| Apr 18, 11:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln | 55 min |
| Apr 18, 11:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, Thomas | 66 min |
| Apr 18, 11:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 66 min |
| Apr 18, 11:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, Lincoln, McPherson | 35 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.