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Tornado Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2010, 1:48 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Logan County, Thomas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 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 24, 2010, 1:48 PM CDT (18:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2010, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:14 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 13 Ne Stapleton, NE | THE SPOTTER STATED THAT HE SAW A WELL DEFINED WALL CLOUD WITH THE STORM WITH A POSSIBLE FUNNEL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 2387 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 12.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
676 WFUS53 KLBF 241848 TORLBF NEC111-113-171-241915- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0013.100524T1848Z-100524T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 148 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... EASTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARNOLD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... TARBOZ LAKE AND GANDY AROUND 200 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE HIGHWAY 92 MILE MARKER 240. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4123 10048 4206 10051 4204 10027 4123 10024 TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 181DEG 49KT 4133 10036 $$ HIRSCH
1 follow-up statement
065 WWUS53 KLBF 241902 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 202 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 NEC111-113-171-241915- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100524T1915Z/ LOGAN NE-LINCOLN NE-THOMAS NE- 202 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN THOMAS... NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND EASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT... AT 154 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GANDY...OR 8 MILES WEST OF ARNOLD...MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... TARBOZ LAKE AROUND 205 PM CDT. THIS STORM WILL TRACK NEAR THE PATH OF A PREVIOUS TORNADIC STORM. IF YOU PREVIOUSLY SIGHTED A TORNADO AND SOUGHT SHELTER IN THIS AREA AND BELIEVED THAT STORM TO HAVE PASSED...REMAIN UNDER COVER! A SECOND TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM IS APPROACHING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4123 10048 4206 10051 4204 10027 4123 10024 TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 183DEG 46KT 4146 10034 $$ HIRSCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 37 min |
| May 23, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Frontier, Lincoln | 45 min |
| May 23, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 34 min |
| May 23, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 53 min |
| May 23, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 42 min |
| May 23, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock | 62 min |
| May 23, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 47 min |
| May 23, 10:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock | 41 min |
| May 23, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 26 min |
| May 23, 10:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes, Lincoln | 38 min |
| May 23, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 42 min |
| May 23, 11:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 24 min |
| May 23, 11:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 31 min |
| May 23, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Keya Paha | 18 min |
| May 23, 11:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 32 min |
| May 24, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 46 min |
| May 24, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 50 min |
| May 24, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown | 51 min |
| May 24, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 48 min |
| May 24, 2:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Keya Paha | 50 min |
| May 24, 4:05 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | LBF | Arthur, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Deuel and 13 more | 15 hr |
| May 24, 1:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hooker, McPherson | 25 min |
| May 24, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Logan, Thomas | 30 min |
| May 24, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker | 46 min |
| May 24, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keya Paha, Rock | 24 min |
| May 24, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Cherry, Thomas | 46 min |
| May 24, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Cherry, Custer, Logan, Thomas | 43 min |
| May 24, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 18 min |
| May 24, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 29 min |
| May 24, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Keya Paha | 13 min |
| May 24, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 47 min |
| May 24, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry | 46 min |
| May 24, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 30 min |
| May 24, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 15 min |
| May 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keya Paha, Rock | 19 min |
| May 24, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha | 33 min |
| May 24, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 17 min |
| May 24, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keya Paha, Rock | 24 min |
| May 24, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 48 min |
| May 24, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Custer, Loup, Rock | 35 min |
| May 24, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith | 27 min |
| May 24, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Sheridan | 59 min |
| May 24, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant, Keith | 60 min |
| May 24, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Keith, Perkins | 56 min |
| May 24, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Sheridan | 47 min |
| May 24, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson, Perkins | 59 min |
| May 24, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, McPherson | 50 min |
| May 24, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 31 min |
| May 24, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 26 min |
| May 24, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 29 min |
| May 24, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 43 min |
| May 24, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 64 min |
| May 24, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Cherry, Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 32 min |
| May 24, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 14 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.