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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS North Platte, NE

May 31, 2000Holt County, Wheeler County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2000, 4:15 AM CDT for Holt County, Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2000, 4:15 AM CDT (09:15 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2000, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Holt County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 2000-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2000-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

410 
WUUS53 KLBF 310916
SVRLBF
NEC089-183-310945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
415 AM CDT WED MAY 31 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  NORTHEASTERN WHEELER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 413 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF EWING...OR ABOUT 19 MILES
  WEST OF ELGIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EWING AROUND 425 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.
$$
TLK/DP

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.