Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE

April 6, 2001Chase County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2001, 5:19 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 min. 3 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
Apr 6, 2001, 5:19 PM MDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2001, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Chase County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 6, 5:30 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EImperial, NE
Apr 6, 5:30 PM MDTHail 0.75Imperial, NE
Apr 6, 5:50 PM MDTHail 1.75Enders, 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 nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 12:00Z on 2001-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2001-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
93 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 062319
SVRLBF
NEC029-062345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
519 PM MDT FRI APR 6 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT

* AT 517 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPION...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
  SOUTH OF IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTH AT 80 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...

  OVER IMPERIAL AROUND 525 PM MDT

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.

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

TLK/DP

LAT...LON 4030 10189 4032 10133 4069 10135 4069 10186

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWheeler65 min
Apr 6, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes, Lincoln, Perkins43 min
Apr 6, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.