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Tornado Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE

May 26, 2002Frontier County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2002, 6:59 PM CDT for Frontier County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 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 26, 2002, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2002, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Frontier County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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
May 26, 7:05 PM CDTTornado F0Stockville, NEBrief touchdown with no damage reported.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 26, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 12:00Z on 2002-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 12:00Z on 2002-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-560 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 262359
TORLBF
NEC063-270030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
659 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL FRONTIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

* AT 652 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
  ROTATION 8 MILES SOUTH OF STOCKVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF
  CURTIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

* THE DEVELOPING TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  OVER FARM AND RANGELANDS OF SOUTH CENTRAL FRONTIER COUNTY

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4070 10023 4047 10065 4035 10056 4036 10003

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan, Thomas51 min
May 26, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Brown39 min
May 26, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan, Thomas39 min
May 26, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFRock46 min
May 26, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine63 min
May 26, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Logan55 min
May 26, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Holt50 min
May 26, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln59 min
May 26, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Holt59 min
May 26, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Logan61 min
May 26, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln56 min
May 26, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Wheeler61 min
May 26, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster61 min
May 26, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln60 min
May 26, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster60 min
May 26, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier56 min
May 26, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFFrontier32 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.