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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS North Platte, NE

September 7, 2001Holt County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2001, 12:57 AM CDT for Holt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 7, 2001, 12:57 AM CDT (05:57 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2001, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Holt County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 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
Sep 7, 1:00 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EAmelia, NE4 inch tree limbs down.

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 6, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 2001-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1716 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2001-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
1716 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 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.

815 
WUUS53 KLBF 070559
SVRLBF
NEC089-070630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1257 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT...

* AT 1253 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF ONEILL TO
  13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHAMBERS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  WINDS 
  GUSTED TO 63 MPH IN ONEILL AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH.  LARGE 
  HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...

  OVER EWING AROUND 105 AM CDT...
  OVER PAGE NOW THROUGH 115 AM CDT...

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.

LAT...LON 4277 9922 4212 9917 4211 9833 4273 9835

$$
CDC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant, Hooker65 min
Sep 6, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry58 min
Sep 6, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Perkins67 min
Sep 6, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker46 min
Sep 6, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas65 min
Sep 6, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry54 min
Sep 6, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha60 min
Sep 6, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine59 min
Sep 6, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan24 min
Sep 6, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln55 min
Sep 6, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster58 min
Sep 6, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd57 min
Sep 6, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLoup, Rock48 min
Sep 6, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier67 min
Sep 6, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt67 min
Sep 7, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster60 min
Sep 7, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd66 min
Sep 7, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWheeler42 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.