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Tornado Warning 30, NWS North Platte, NE

July 1, 1998Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 1998, 9:19 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 1998, 9:19 PM MDT (03:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1998, 10:20 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 1, 9:30 PM MDTHail 0.75Valentine, 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 1998-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 867 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 1998-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
867 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 020315 RRA
TORLBF
NEC031-020420-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1019 PM CDT (919 PM MDT) WED JUL 1 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 1120 PM CDT

* AT 1017 PM CDT... NORTH PLATTE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE MOVING
  SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION! ACT QUICKLY! IT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE!
MOVE TO A BASEMENT IF POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWbS AND DOORS.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL.

TLW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 8:14 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry66 min
Jul 2, 12:03 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.