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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS North Platte, NE

May 29, 2000Lincoln County, McPherson County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2000, 7:30 PM CDT for Lincoln County, McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 min. 6 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: May 29, 2000, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2000, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Whole counties

Counties Lincoln County, NE, McPherson County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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 29, 7:36 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 59 M	Hershey, NE
May 29, 7:40 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Sutherland, NE
May 29, 7:50 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 64 M	North Platte, NE	Camper blown off the road
May 29, 7:55 PM CDT	Hail 1	Sutherland, NE
May 29, 8:05 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Tryon, NE	Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs.
May 29, 8:08 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 57 M	North Platte, 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
May 29, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 32 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1075 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3109 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 10.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 300031
SVRLBF
NEC111-117-300115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
730 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
  SOUTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRYON...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  16 MILES NORTH OF HERSHEY AROUND 755 PM CDT
  11 MILES SOUTH OF RINGGOLD AROUND 800 PM CDT
  13 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE AROUND 815 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 EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL WHICH
MAY CAUSE SERIOUS 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY 
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

$$
CDC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith	40 min
May 29, 7:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Lincoln	25 min
May 29, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer	45 min
May 29, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	46 min
May 29, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	63 min
May 29, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Loup	60 min
May 29, 8:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Custer	38 min
May 29, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	54 min
May 29, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	27 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.