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Tornado Warning 42, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Oct 31, 2000, 7:45 PM CST for Custer County, Loup County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 31, 2000, 7:45 PM CST (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2000, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Custer County, NE, Loup County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 7:45 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Taylor, NE | The tornado was on the ground as it moved into Loup county 2 miles southeast of Taylor. The tornado moved north northeast reaching a ranch 1 mile southeast of Taylor where several buildings were damaged. Then 2 outbuildings were destroyed at a farmstead 3 mile |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Oct 31, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 844 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 010146 TORLBF NEC041-115-010230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 745 PM CST TUE OCT 31 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN LOUP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 830 PM CST * AT 744 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAYLOR...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... OVER TAYLOR AROUND 750 PM CST THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY...IT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4161 9953 4163 9922 4204 9923 4204 9952 SHEETS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 6:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 50 min |
| Oct 31, 6:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 43 min |
| Oct 31, 7:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 41 min |
| Oct 31, 8:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt | 65 min |
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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.