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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS North Platte, NE

May 29, 2000Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2000, 9:33 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 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 29, 2000, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
27 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 02:36 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 29, 9:40 PM CDTThunderstorm WindMason City, NELarge 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, 2.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1075 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 2000-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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 300234
SVRLBF
NEC041-300300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.  

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CUSTER COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE.

* AT 931 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANSLEY...OR ABOUT 16
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROKEN BOW...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF ANSLEY AROUND 940 PM CDT
  NEAR MASON CITY AROUND 945 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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

NNNN

$$

CDC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith40 min
May 29, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, McPherson45 min
May 29, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln25 min
May 29, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer45 min
May 29, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln46 min
May 29, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster63 min
May 29, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer, Loup60 min
May 29, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster38 min
May 29, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt54 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.