Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2002, 10:28 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2002, 10:28 PM CDT (03:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2002, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Custer County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 10:35 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ansley, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 2225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLBF 280328 SVRLBF NEC041-280400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1027 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... * AT 1023 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF BERWYN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROKEN BOW...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... 5 MILES NORTH OF MASON CITY AROUND 1035 PM CDT... THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. MOVE TO A STURDY 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 MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4173 9958 4105 9955 4105 9921 4173 9923
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, McPherson | 48 min |
| May 27, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 57 min |
| May 27, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hooker | 38 min |
| May 27, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 23 min |
| May 27, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 56 min |
| May 27, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Thomas | 42 min |
| May 27, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 60 min |
| May 28, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 34 min |
Nearby
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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.