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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 391
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 29, 2000, 9:45 PM CDT for 5 counties in Iowa; 56 counties in Nebraska; Union County, South Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2000, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2000, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 62 counties
Cherokee County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Monona County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Adams County, NE, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Clay County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Gage County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Holt County, NE, Howard County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Knox County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Rock County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Valley County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Webster County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, York County, NE, Union County, SD
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
33 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope | 44 min |
| May 29, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Kearney, Phelps | 51 min |
| May 29, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall | 45 min |
| May 29, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Boone | 44 min |
| May 29, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Merrick, Nance | 54 min |
| May 29, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Madison, Platte | 45 min |
| May 29, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pierce | 45 min |
| May 29, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope | 34 min |
| May 29, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Hamilton | 57 min |
| May 29, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, York | 58 min |
| May 29, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk | 58 min |
| May 29, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Platte | 46 min |
| May 29, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Colfax, Stanton | 42 min |
| May 29, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline, Seward | 42 min |
| May 29, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Madison | 42 min |
| May 29, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer | 55 min |
| May 29, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cuming, Pierce, Wayne | 36 min |
| May 29, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Webster | 50 min |
| May 29, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster, Saunders | 49 min |
| May 29, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge | 49 min |
| May 29, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster, Saunders | 34 min |
| May 29, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge | 34 min |
| May 29, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dixon | 43 min |
| May 29, 11:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cedar, Wayne | 52 min |
| May 29, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt, Cuming, Dodge, Douglas, Washington | 59 min |
| May 29, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Sarpy | 59 min |
| May 29, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dakota | 50 min |
| May 29, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 63 min |
| May 30, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Otoe | 56 min |
| May 30, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee | 56 min |
| May 30, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage | 56 min |
| May 30, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Mills, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 66 min |
| May 30, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 50 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun and 29 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Dakota, 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.