Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2002, 8:10 PM CDT for Garfield County, Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min. 3 reports 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 5, 2002, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2002, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Garfield County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 8:20 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Burwell, NE | |
| May 5, 8:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Ericson, NE | |
| May 5, 8:50 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Bartlett, 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 5, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 1550 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLBF 060110 SVRLBF NEC071-183-060200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 810 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... WHEELER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT... * AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES WEST OF BARTLETT...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURWELL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... OVER BARTLETT AROUND 840 PM 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4199 9897 4181 9897 4177 9832 4206 9830
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 47 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.