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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS North Platte, NE

April 29, 2001Boyd County, Keya Paha County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2001, 9:25 PM CDT for Boyd County, Keya Paha County, Nebraska. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2001, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2001, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boyd County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 2001-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 913 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 2001-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
913 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

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 Apr 29, 6:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 6:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
650 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2001

UPDATED ZONES TO REMOVE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH ACTUALLY EXPIRED. SFC
OBS AT ONL SHOW GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 KTS...AND SHOULD STAY UNDER THAT
FOR THE EVENING AS FRONT/TROF AXIS APPROACHES. OTHERWISE JUST
REMOVED BCMG WORDING IN REST OF ZONES FOR TSRA ONGOING.

.LBF...NONE

JWS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 29, 6:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FORMAT ERROR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
623 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2001

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

0445 PM    18 SE WHITMAN             NE   .75 INCH HAIL
04/29/01   GRANT                          REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

0554 PM    9 NNE HAYES CENTER        NE   .75 INCH HAIL
04/29/01   HAYES                          REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

0600 PM    7 WSW WELLFLEET           NE   .75 INCH HAIL
04/29/01   LINCOLN                        REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

MTM
Local storm report, Apr 29, 7:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
705 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2001

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

0700 PM    6 N WELLFLEET             NE   .88 INCH HAIL
04/29/01   LINCOLN                        REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
Local storm report, Apr 29, 7:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
712 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2001

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

0645 PM    14 NNW NORTH PLATTE       NE   .75 INCH HAIL
04/29/01   LINCOLN                        REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
Local storm report, Apr 29, 8:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
821 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2001

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

0725 PM    10 W STAPLETON            NE   .75 INCH HAIL
04/29/01   LOGAN                          REPORTED BY LINCOLN COUNTY
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGER

MP
Local storm report, Apr 29, 8:53 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
853 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2001

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

0731 PM    12 SW STAPLETON           NE   .75 INCH HAIL
04/29/01   LOGAN                          REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
0731 PM    20 N NORTH PLATTE         NE   .75 INCH HAIL
04/29/01   LINCOLN                        REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
0755 PM    11 ESE TRYON              NE   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/29/01   MCPHERSON                      REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
0554 PM    9 NNE HAYES CENTER        NE   .75 INCH HAIL
04/29/01   HAYES                          REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
0600 :PM    7 WSW WELLFLEET           NE   .75 INCH HAIL
04/29/01   LINCOLN                        REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
Local storm report, Apr 29, 9:03 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
903 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2001

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

0830 PM    PURDUM                    NE   .75 INCH HAIL
04/29/01   BLAINE                         REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

MP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, Logan, McPherson66 min
Apr 29, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Thomas53 min
Apr 29, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan, McPherson66 min
Apr 29, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Rock65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.