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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS North Platte, NE

June 9, 2000Brown County, Keya Paha County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2000, 8:26 PM CDT for Brown County, Keya Paha County, Nebraska. It was in force for 64 min. 2 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
Jun 9, 2000, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2000, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brown County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 8:30 PM CDTHail 0.75Ainsworth, NE
Jun 9, 8:35 PM CDTHail 0.75Springview, 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 nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2000-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 704 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
704 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 100133 COR
SVRLBF
NEC017-103-100230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTED STORM MOTION
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
826 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN KEYA PAHA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  NORTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 822 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF LONG PINE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF AINSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURTON AROUND 835 PM CDT
  NEAR MILLS AROUND 840 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 FqOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

$$
CDC

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.