Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS North Platte, NE

May 6, 2002Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2002, 11:33 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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 6, 2002, 11:33 PM CDT (04:33 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2002, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lincoln County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 7, 12:02 AM CDTHail 0.75Maxwell, 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 10 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 2002-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 128 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 070433
SVRLBF
NEC111-070515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1133 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT...

* AT 1129 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF MAXWELL...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...

  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAXWELL AROUND 1150 PM CDT...
  OVER BRADY AROUND 1210 AM 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.

LAT...LON 4112 10083 4080 10065 4095 10025 4124 10027

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes36 min
May 7, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln43 min
May 7, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster42 min
May 7, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln44 min
May 7, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster49 min
May 7, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry, Keya Paha56 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.