Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2000, 10:53 PM MDT for Hooker County, McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 67 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
- Apr 18, 2000, 10:53 PM MDT (04:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2000, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hooker County, NE, McPherson County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:51 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, 11:30 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Tryon, NE | |
| Apr 18, 11:45 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 57 E | Mullen, NE | |
| Apr 18, 11:45 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Mullen, NE | |
| Apr 19, 12:05 AM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Mullen, NE | 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 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 190455 SVRLBF NEC091-117-190600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1153 PM CDT TUE APR 18 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MCPHERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA HOOKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 100 AM CDT(MIDNIGHT MDT) * AT 1051 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF HYANNIS TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF WHITMAN TO 7 MILES EAST OF KEYSTONE... OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 34 MILES NORTH OF ARTHUR TO 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARTHUR TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF OGALLALA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE... 4 MILES WEST OF TRYON AROUND 1255 AM CDT 5 MILES WEST OF MULLEN 1255 AM CDT (1155 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 500 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING(400 <AM MDT WEDNESDAY 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, 10:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant | 61 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.