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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS North Platte, NE

June 10, 2001Holt County, Wheeler County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2001, 1:04 AM CDT for Holt County, Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 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
Jun 10, 2001, 1:04 AM CDT (06:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2001, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Holt County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:03 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
Jun 10, 1:15 AM CDTHail 0.88Ewing, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2001-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 250 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2001-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
250 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-209 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 100604
SVRLBF
NEC089-183-100630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
104 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1257 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EWING...OR ABOUT 25 MILES
  SOUTH OF ONEILL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...

  11 MILES SOUTH OF EWING AROUND 120 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4231 9867 4189 9872 4190 9832 4228 9832
$$

CLB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant, Hooker, Thomas53 min
Jun 9, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry47 min
Jun 9, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry, Keya Paha62 min
Jun 9, 10:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFMcPherson24 min
Jun 9, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Holt, Rock55 min
Jun 9, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha58 min
Jun 9, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Rock63 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.