Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS North Platte, NE
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:02 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Maxwell, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 36 min |
| May 7, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 43 min |
| May 7, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 42 min |
| May 7, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 44 min |
| May 7, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 49 min |
| May 7, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha | 56 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.