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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS North Platte, NE

June 12, 2000Logan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2000, 6:33 PM CDT for Logan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 57 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 12, 2000, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2000, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Logan County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 7:30 PM CDTHail 2Stapleton, 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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-573 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 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.

758 
WUUS53 KLBF 122335
SVRLBF
NEC113-130030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
633 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GANDY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF STAPLETON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER FARM AND RANGELAND OF...
  LOGAN COUNTY.

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.

THIS WARNING REPLACES PREVIOUS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR LOGAN 
COUNTY SENT AT 631 PM CDT.

$$

TLK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson58 min
Jun 12, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Grant56 min
Jun 12, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker50 min
Jun 12, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry63 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.