Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS North Platte, NE

June 25, 2001Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2001, 8:13 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports 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 25, 2001, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2001, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Lincoln County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 25, 8:20 PM CDTHail 0.88Wallace, NE
Jun 25, 8:25 PM CDTHail 0.88North Platte, 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 2001-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2077 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 2001-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2077 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

734 
WUUS53 KLBF 260116
SVRLBF
NEC111-260215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
813 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF DICKENS...OR ABOUT 24
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...AND A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 1 MILE
  SOUTHEAST OF SUTHERLAND...OR 18 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STORMS WERE 
  NEARLY STATIONARY.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...

  15 MILES SOUTH OF HERSHEY AROUND 915 PM CDT
  1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF SUTHERLAND AROUND 915 PM CDT

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL WHICH
MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SEVERE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. MOVE TO A
STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH 
LOW LYING AREAS TO SEE PONDING OF WATER. DO NOT DRIVE ON WATER COVERED ROADS.

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

LAT...LON 4077 10122 4071 10077 4137 10069 4138 10123

$$

TLK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln64 min
Jun 25, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins56 min
Jun 25, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith66 min
Jun 25, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins55 min
Jun 25, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry60 min
Jun 26, 6:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt40 min
Jun 26, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant25 min
Jun 26, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant29 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.