Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2001, 8:16 PM MDT for Garden County, Grant County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 min. 5 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
- May 10, 2001, 8:16 PM MDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2001, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Sheridan County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 8:20 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Ellsworth, NE | |
| May 10, 8:30 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Bingham, NE | |
| May 10, 8:35 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Lewellen, NE | |
| May 10, 8:45 PM MDT | Hail 0.88 | Hyannis, NE | |
| May 10, 9:01 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Hyannis, 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 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLBF 110216 SVRLBF NEC069-075-161-110300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 816 PM MDT THU MAY 10 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA NORTHEASTERN GARDEN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA * UNTIL 900 PM MDT * AT 813 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BINGHAM...OR ABOUT 38 MILES EAST OF ALLIANCE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHBY AROUND 825 PM MDT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HYANNIS AROUND 840 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. 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. $$ TLK
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 65 min |
| May 10, 9:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.