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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS North Platte, NE

June 12, 2000Hooker County, McPherson County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2000, 6:12 PM MDT for Hooker County, McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 63 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 12, 2000, 6:12 PM MDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2000, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hooker County, NE, McPherson County, NE

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 12, 6:20 PM MDT	Hail 0.88	Tryon, NE
Jun 12, 6:30 PM MDT	Hail 0.75	Mullen, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 12, 3:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1538 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 130014
SVRLBF
NEC091-117-130115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
712 PM CDT MON JUN 12 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 815 PM CDT (715 PM MDT)

* AT 712 PM CDT (612 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3
  MILES SOUTH OF SENECA...TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRYON TO 11 
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRYON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES
  EAST OF MULLEN TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRYON TO 11 MILES 
  SOUTHWEST OF TRYON...MOVING LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR TRYON AROUND 740 PM CDT
  NEAR MULLEN AROUND 650 PM MDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF STORMS...SEEK SHELTER IN 
A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST 
PROTECTION.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

$$

TLK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 6:23 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Logan	67 min
Jun 12, 7:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan	57 min
Jun 12, 7:50 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Custer, Logan	25 min
Jun 12, 7:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	33 min
Jun 12, 8:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hayes	45 min
Jun 12, 8:19 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Custer	41 min
Jun 12, 8:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	44 min
Jun 12, 9:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	58 min
Jun 12, 9:14 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Custer	46 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.