Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS North Platte, NE

June 19, 2002Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2002, 8:33 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 57 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
Jun 19, 2002, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2002, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Custer County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 8:45 PM CDTHail 0.75Callaway, 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 2002-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1728 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 2002-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1728 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
15.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 200133
SVRLBF
NEC041-200230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
833 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

* AT 828 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF CALLAWAY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARNOLD...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...

  OVER CALLAWAY AROUND 845 PM CDT...
  5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW AROUND 930 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.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4138 10022 4107 10019 4106 9924 4144 9923

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, Logan49 min
Jun 19, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt56 min
Jun 19, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln45 min
Jun 19, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield47 min
Jun 19, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLoup46 min
Jun 19, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt59 min
Jun 19, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWheeler44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.