Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2000, 8:17 PM CDT for McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 58 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
- Jun 11, 2000, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2000, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County McPherson County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 8:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Tryon, 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
399 WUUS53 KLBF 120118 SVRLBF NEC117-120215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 817 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MCPHERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRYON...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... 13 MILES WEST OF RINGGOLD AROUND 845 PM CDT 3 MILES WEST OF TRYON AROUND 855 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. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL WHICH MAY CAUSE INJURY AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$ CDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 63 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.