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Tornado Warning 45, NWS North Platte, NE

June 7, 2010Cherry County, Hooker County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2010, 9:04 PM MDT for Cherry County, Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 min. 4 reports 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
Jun 7, 2010, 9:04 PM MDT (03:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2010, 9:30 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cherry County, NE, Hooker County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 9:18 PM MDTFUNNEL CLOUD7 S Mullen, NE
Jun 7, 9:24 PM MDTFUNNEL CLOUD11 S Mullen, NESPOTTER REPORTS FUNNEL CROSSING HWY 97 11 S MULLEN
Jun 7, 9:28 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 7010 S Mullen, NE
Jun 7, 9:28 PM MDTHAIL 110 S Mullen, NE

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 6:55 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2010-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1563 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2010-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 297 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
1563 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

737 
WFUS53 KLBF 080304
TORLBF
NEC031-091-080330-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0045.100608T0304Z-100608T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
904 PM MDT MON JUN 7 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHERN HOOKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 930 PM MDT

* AT 901 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF CARR LAKE...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF MULLEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 75 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MULLEN AROUND 910 PM MDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE HIGHWAY 97
MILE MARKER 60.

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 4221 10085 4181 10085 4186 10130 4208 10141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0304Z 260DEG 64KT 4196 10122

$$

SPRINGER
1 follow-up statement
943 
WWUS53 KLBF 080318
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1018 PM CDT MON JUN 7 2010

NEC031-080328-
/O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-100608T0330Z/
CHERRY NE-
918 PM MDT MON JUN 7 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED IN CHERRY COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4208 10125 4208 10085 4181 10085 4186 10130
      4208 10141 4209 10138
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 289DEG 18KT 4193 10110

$$

NEC091-080330-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-100608T0330Z/
HOOKER NE-
918 PM MDT MON JUN 7 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HOOKER COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM
MDT...

AT 915 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE DISMAL
RIVER...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE DISMAL RIVER AROUND 930 PM MDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE HIGHWAY 97
MILE MARKER 60.

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 4208 10125 4208 10085 4181 10085 4186 10130
      4208 10141 4209 10138
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 289DEG 18KT 4193 10110

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan56 min
Jun 7, 7:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Grant, Sheridan65 min
Jun 7, 8:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Grant, Hooker, Thomas54 min
Jun 7, 9:30 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFHooker, Thomas30 min
Jun 7, 9:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Thomas54 min
Jun 7, 9:57 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFLogan, Thomas33 min
Jun 7, 10:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln62 min
Jun 7, 10:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Thomas43 min
Jun 7, 10:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster50 min
Jun 7, 10:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer, Garfield, Loup58 min
Jun 7, 10:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster38 min
Jun 7, 11:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster29 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.