Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS North Platte, NE

April 20, 2001Frontier County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2001, 5:59 PM CDT for Frontier County, Nebraska. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2001, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Frontier County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 20, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 12:00Z on 2001-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2001-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
341 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 202259
SVRLBF
NEC063-210000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
559 PM CDT FRI APR 20 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CURTIS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...

  5 MILES NORTH OF EUSTIS AROUND 635 PM CDT

THE PRIMARY THREAT POSED BY THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. QUICKLY 
SEEK SAFETY IN A BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4068 10066 4035 10057 4040 10009 4068 100s02

$$

JWS/MTM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes66 min
Apr 20, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln66 min
Apr 20, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson56 min
Apr 20, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.