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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 9, 2001, 8:13 PM CDT for Holt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 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
- Oct 9, 2001, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Holt County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 8:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Chambers, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1037 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
014 WUUS53 KLBF 100113 SVRLBF NEC089-100200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 813 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT... * AT 809 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EWING...OR ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTH OF ONEILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INMAN AROUND 825 PM CDT... 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EWING AROUND 835 PM 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL WHICH MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SEVERE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4207 9873 4209 9833 4261 9833 4265 9878 $$ TLK
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 58 min |
| Oct 9, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 58 min |
| Oct 9, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 39 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.