Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 240

May 7, 200012 counties in Nebraska; 23 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 7, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT for 12 counties in Nebraska; 23 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2000, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Codington County, SD, Davison County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Grant County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

8 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Brule39 min
May 7, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln60 min
May 7, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker, Thomas62 min
May 7, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha, Rock23 min
May 7, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Loup56 min
May 7, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings, Kingsbury48 min
May 7, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln54 min
May 7, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Lincoln61 min

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2000-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1647 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
1647 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Antelope, Boone, Buffalo, Burt, Cedar and 35 more5 hr
May 8, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBurt, Butler, Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Lancaster and 6 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Dakota, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2000Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.