Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS North Platte, NE
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2:40 AM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Callaway, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 48 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.