Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2000, 8:27 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 63 min. 4 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, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2000, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Custer County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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, 8:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 E | Oconto, NE | |
| May 29, 9:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Anselmo, NE | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 65 miles per hour. |
| May 29, 9:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Oconto, NE | Large tree limbs down |
| May 29, 9:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason City, NE | Large 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
982 WUUS53 KLBF 300127 SVRLBF NEC041-300230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 827 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 819 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF ARNOLD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... NEAR CALLAWAY AROUND 845 PM CDT 10 MILES NORTH OF OCONTO AROUND 855 PM CDT 8 MILES SOUTH OF BROKEN BOW AROUND 910 PM CDT 4 MILES SOUTH OF BERWYN AROUND 920 PM CDT NEAR ANSLEY AROUND 925 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. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. NNNN $$ 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, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, McPherson | 45 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, 8:45 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.