Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 21, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2010, 1:50 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2010, 1:50 PM MDT (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2010, 2:37 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11:21 AM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.
070 WFUS53 KLBF 241950 TORLBF NEC031-242045- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0021.100524T1950Z-100524T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 250 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELSMERE...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF THEDFORD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM CONSISTENTLY EXHIBITED TORNADIC CHARACTERISTICS FOR OVER AN HOUR. THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF A TOUCHDOWN THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF WALL CLOUDS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS. TAKE ACTION NOW AND SEEK SHELTER AND REMAIN IN SHELTER....THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... SMITH FALLS STATE PARK AND SPARKS AROUND 340 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE WOOD LAKE... HIGHWAY 20 MILE MARKER 210 AND HIGHWAY 12 MILE MARKER 10. 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 4298 10020 4220 10019 4217 10047 4298 10058 TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 179DEG 42KT 4228 10035 $$ HIRSCH
2 follow-up statements
300 WWUS53 KLBF 242019 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 319 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 NEC031-242045- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100524T2045Z/ CHERRY NE- 319 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 312 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF JOHNSTOWN...OR 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VALENTINE...MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... SPARKS AND SMITH FALLS STATE PARK AROUND 335 PM CDT. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS FAR EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY AND WILL REMAIN EAST OF THE CITY OF VALENTINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4298 10020 4220 10019 4217 10047 4298 10058 TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 183DEG 46KT 4269 10030 $$ HIRSCH
187 WWUS53 KLBF 242037 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 337 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 NEC031-242047- /O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100524T2045Z/ CHERRY NE- 337 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4298 10020 4220 10019 4217 10047 4298 10058 TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 183DEG 46KT 4293 10028 $$ HIRSCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 37 min |
| May 23, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Frontier, Lincoln | 45 min |
| May 23, 8:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 34 min |
| May 23, 8:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 53 min |
| May 23, 8:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 42 min |
| May 23, 8:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock | 62 min |
| May 23, 9:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 47 min |
| May 23, 9:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock | 41 min |
| May 23, 9:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 26 min |
| May 23, 9:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes, Lincoln | 38 min |
| May 23, 10:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 42 min |
| May 23, 10:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 24 min |
| May 23, 10:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 31 min |
| May 23, 10:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Keya Paha | 18 min |
| May 23, 10:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 32 min |
| May 23, 11:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 46 min |
| May 23, 11:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 50 min |
| May 24, 12:24 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown | 51 min |
| May 24, 12:57 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 48 min |
| May 24, 1:10 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Keya Paha | 50 min |
| May 24, 3:05 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | LBF | Arthur, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Deuel and 13 more | 15 hr |
| May 24, 12:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hooker, McPherson | 25 min |
| May 24, 12:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Logan, Thomas | 30 min |
| May 24, 12:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, Thomas | 27 min |
| May 24, 12:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker | 46 min |
| May 24, 1:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keya Paha, Rock | 24 min |
| May 24, 1:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Cherry, Thomas | 46 min |
| May 24, 1:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Cherry, Custer, Logan, Thomas | 43 min |
| May 24, 1:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 18 min |
| May 24, 1:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 29 min |
| May 24, 1:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Keya Paha | 13 min |
| May 24, 1:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry | 46 min |
| May 24, 2:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 30 min |
| May 24, 2:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 15 min |
| May 24, 2:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keya Paha, Rock | 19 min |
| May 24, 2:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha | 33 min |
| May 24, 2:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 17 min |
| May 24, 2:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keya Paha, Rock | 24 min |
| May 24, 2:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 48 min |
| May 24, 3:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Custer, Loup, Rock | 35 min |
| May 24, 3:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith | 27 min |
| May 24, 3:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Sheridan | 59 min |
| May 24, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant, Keith | 60 min |
| May 24, 3:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Keith, Perkins | 56 min |
| May 24, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Sheridan | 47 min |
| May 24, 4:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson, Perkins | 59 min |
| May 24, 4:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, McPherson | 50 min |
| May 24, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 31 min |
| May 24, 4:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 26 min |
| May 24, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 29 min |
| May 24, 5:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 43 min |
| May 24, 5:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 64 min |
| May 24, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Cherry, Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 32 min |
| May 24, 5:46 PM MDT | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.