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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS North Platte, NE

July 17, 2001Garfield County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2001, 9:01 PM CDT for Garfield County, Nebraska. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 2001, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Garfield County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 17, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 1531 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2422 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 180202
SVRLBF

NEC071-180300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
901 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 855 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURWELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...

  OVER FARM AND RANGELANDS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

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.

LAT...LON 4206 9919 4177 9918 4177 9877 4205 9878
$$

CDC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 17, 2:10 PM CDT, 6 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 2:10 PM CDT, 6 hours 51 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
210 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001

...FORECAST PROBLEM WITH THIS FORECAST IS THE ONGOING CONVECTION IN
THE NORTH CENTRAL ZONES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION IN THE REST
OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT...

...18Z SYNOPSIS...
    SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED BOUNDARIES IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLE
AND FROM SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE KLNX WSR-
88D SHOWED OTHER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. IN
THE 6.7U IMAGERY...THE MOISTURE PLUME HAD MADE IT TO THE NEBRASKA-
SOUTH DAKOTA BOUNDARY AND BEYOND. THE 18Z MERRIMAN WIND PROFILER HAD
A 200MB 100KT JET RUNNING ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA-NEBRASKA BORDER.
...MODELS...
    FOR THE EARLY PERIODS...THE ETA IS THE MODEL OF CHOICE WITH
THE AVN/MRF BEING THE CHOICE FOR LATER PERIODS. IN THE OVERALL
PATTERN, THERE IS VERY LITTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ETA AND THE
AVN. ONE PROBLEM IS THE AVNS INSISTENCE ON BRINGING A VORT MAX OUT
OF THE TROPICAL EASTERLIES AND INTO THE WESTERLIES. I DONT HAVE A
LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THAT SINCE SUCH A TRACK WOULD PROBABLY RESULT
IN THE VORT MAX BEING WEAKENED AS IT COMES AROUND THE UPPER HIGH.

FORECAST FOR TONIGHT...
   THERE IS PLENTY OF DEEP MOISTURE AVAILABLE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN
NEBRASKA WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS OF 65F OR HIGHER AND 850MB
DEWPOINTS OF 10-14C. THE GOES DERIVED PRECIPITABLE WATER INDICATES
35-40MM IN MUCH OF THE AREA AS WELL. THE 12Z ETA HAS 180AGL BASED
POSITIVE ENERGY OF 3000-4200J/KG EAST OF VALENTINE-BRADY. IT APPEARS
THAT THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILES AND INSTABILITY WILL FAVOR BACK
BUILDING STORMS ONCE AGAIN. THE CONVECTION IN IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
KEYA PAHA COUNTY SHOULD GENERATE A BOUNDARY THAT WOULD SERVE AS A
FOCUS FOR NEW CONVECTION TONIGHT. AS MUCH AS 7.7 INCHES HAS BEEN
REPORTED IN NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY IN LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION. THAT WAS
VERY CLOSE TO THE KLNX WSR-88D DERIVED STORM TOTAL. AS OF 1145 THIS
MORNING...THE RADAR TOTALS INDICATE AS MUCH AS 2.5 INCHES IN
NORTHWEST KEYA PAHA COUNTY. THE THREE HOURLY FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS
LESS THAN 2 INCHES OVER KEYA PAHA, BOYD, HOLT, AND ROCK COUNTIES.
BARRING ANY INDICATION THAT CONVECTION WILL NOT DEVELOP UP THERE...A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE NEEDED. ALTHOUGH THE ETA INDICATES THE
MOST FAVORABLE ELEVATED 2D-FRONTOGENESIS SOUTH AND EAST OF AN ONL-
BBW LINE...I BELIEVE THAT THE POSITIONS OF BOUNDARIES AND THE DRY
LINE ARE THE CRITICAL LOCATIONS. IN THE SOUTHWEST AND THE
PANHANDLE...THE GOES DERIVED PRECIPITABLE WATER DROPS OFF RAPIDLY TO
13MM OR LESS. SO...ANY CONVECTION PROBABLY WILL BE EAST OF A
MERRIMAN-IMPERIAL LINE.
    AFTER TONIGHT...THE LOWER LEVELS DRY OUT SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG AND
WEST OF A VTN-LBF LINE...BUT EXTREME INSTABILITY CONTINUES IN THE
NORTHEAST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SO...
WILL KEEP SOME MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS IN OUR TEN EASTERN COUNTIES.

.LBF...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NEZ006-007-009-010.

SPRINGER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
718 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....a

0710 PM    20 N BURWELL              NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/17/01   GARFIELD

0650 PM    17 NE TAYLOR              NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/17/01   LOUP

Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
728 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0720 PM    15 N BURWELL              NE   TORNADO
07/17/01   GARFIELD

RLB

Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
732 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0720 PM    17 NNE TAYLOR             NE   TORNADO
07/17/01   LOUP

RLB

Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
734 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0714 PM    3 S CHAMBERS              NE   TORNADO
07/17/01   HOLT

RLB

Local storm report, Jul 17, 8:06 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
806 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0744 PM    1 S CHAMBERS              NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/17/01   HOLT                           REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

TLK

Local storm report, Jul 17, 8:21 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
821 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0820 PM    9 N BURWELL               NE   .88 INCH HAIL
07/17/01   GARFIELD

RLB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Loup	60 min
Jul 17, 7:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Garfield, Loup	42 min
Jul 17, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Holt	56 min
Jul 17, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Garfield	61 min
Jul 17, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield	30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.