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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS North Platte, NE

June 12, 2001Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2001, 2:26 AM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 64 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 12, 2001, 2:26 AM CDT (07:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2001, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Custer County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 2:40 AM CDTHail 0.88Callaway, 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 12, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 12, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 2001-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2851 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 2001-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2851 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
5.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 120726
SVRLBF
NEC041-120830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
226 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 223 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALLAWAY...OR ABOUT 16
  MILES NORTH OF GOTHENBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...

  6 MILES SOUTH OF CALLAWAY AROUND 300 AM CDT
  5 MILES NORTH OF OCONTO AROUND 315 AM CDT
  12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BERWYN AROUND 330 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.

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.

LAT...LON 4136 10024 4107 10023 4105 9941 4140 9s942

$$

WERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln67 min
Jun 12, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln48 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.