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Tornado Warning 65, NWS North Platte, NE

July 11, 2010Custer County, Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 2010, 7:25 PM CDT for Custer County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 22 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: Jul 11, 2010, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2010, 7:47 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Custer County, NE, Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 11, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 11, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 39 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1235 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

746 
WFUS53 KLBF 120025
TORLBF
NEC041-111-120100-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0065.100712T0025Z-100712T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
725 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRADY...OR 23 MILES SOUTH OF
  ARNOLD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL
  LINCOLN AND SOUTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTIES.

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 4106 10035 4119 10018 4105 9981 4104 9985
      4103 10021 4098 10021 4098 10022
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 315DEG 43KT 4106 10017

$$

JACOBS

2 follow-up statements

386 
WWUS53 KLBF 120035
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
735 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2010

NEC041-111-120100-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-100712T0100Z/
CUSTER NE-LINCOLN NE-
735 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN AND
SOUTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 734 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF GOTHENBURG...OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LEXINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTH PLATTE.

&&

LAT...LON 4106 10035 4119 10018 4105 9981 4104 9985
      4103 10021 4098 10021 4098 10022
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 314DEG 42KT 4100 10013

$$

JACOBS

098 
WWUS53 KLBF 120047
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
747 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2010

NEC041-111-120057-
/O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-100712T0100Z/
CUSTER NE-LINCOLN NE-
747 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN AND SOUTHWESTERN
CUSTER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTH PLATTE.

LAT...LON 4106 10035 4119 10018 4105 9981 4104 9985
      4103 10021 4098 10021 4098 10022
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 314DEG 42KT 4090 10000

$$

JACOBS

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jul 11, 3:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 3:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
351 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
BACK DOOR SURFACE COLD FRONT SLIDING SOUTH OUT OF THE DAKOTAS THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH TEMPS MAINLY IN THE 70S BEHIND. AHEAD OF THE
FRONT TEMPS IN THE 80S WITH 90 IN SW NEB. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...AND HAS SPARKED A
FEW AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP TO OUR WEST. THE SPC HAS
ALREADY ISSUED A SVR WATCH WHICH COVERS AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 83.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING CAN BE EXPECT AS THE UPPER
WAVE MOVES FROM THE ROCKIES ON TO THE HIGH PLAINS...AND THE
SURFACE COLD FRONT SAGS SOUTH. DESPITE DEW POINTS IN THE 50S IN
THE WEST...GOOD INSTABILITY WITH CAPE VALUES...PER LAPS...1000 TO
2000 J/KG...AND CAP IS GONE. SHEER IS STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT
ROTATION AND SUPERCELLS...AND SPC WATCH LOOKS GOOD FOR NOW. WILL
MONITOR AS MODELS IN AGREEMENT ON AN STORMS COMBINING INTO A MCS
FOR THE OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH TRACK OF MCS DIFFERS FROM A SRN PATH
TO A NRN PATH ACROSS THE CWA. IF MCS DOES DEVELOP...EXPECT A WATCH
FURTHER EAST FOR WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. PW/S ALSO BETTER THAN AN
INCH SO ANY COMPLEX WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL...ALTHOUGH DO NOT EXPECT COVER TO WARRANT ANY TYPE OF
FLOOD WATCH YET.

TOMORROW COLD FRONT TO SLIDE SOUTH INTO KS AND WILL USHER IN
SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR WITH HIGHS CLOSER TO 80 FOR MOST OF THE CWA.
ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL BE IN THE AREA AND MAY SPARK A FEW
STORMS...ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY AND SHEER NOT AS GOOD AS TODAY.

TUESDAY FRONT RETURNS NORTH AS A WARM FRONT AND HIGHS GOING TO
PUSH INTO THE 90S. SW NEB CLOSING IN ON TRIPLE DIGITS. CAP IS
STRONG...HOWEVER OVERNIGHT THE LL JET KICKS IN AND MAY BE ENOUGH
TO KICK OF SOME ISOLD STORMS. HAVE INTRODUCED A SMALL AREA OF
STORMS ON THE NOSE OF THE JET.

.LONG TERM...
REST OF THE WEEK THE FRONT CONTINUES TO MEANDER ACROSS THE PLAINS
WITH UPPER LEVEL WAVES ROUNDING SOUTHERN RIDGE. THIS WILL CONTINUE
THE NEED FOR RAIN CHANCES ON AN OFF IN THE EXTENDED. NO MAJOR COLD
FRONT TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA SO SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE TYPICAL
FOR JULY. TEMPERATURES ALSO TO BE SEASONAL WITH CLOSE TO 90 FOR
HIGHS.

&&

.AVIATION...
ONCE AGAIN WILL BE AWAITING CONVECTION TO EXPAND FROM HIGH PLAINS
INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH VFR CONDITIONS
EXPECTED FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER CONDITIONS
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS COULD RAPIDLY DETERIORATE WITH RESTRICTIONS TO
VSBY FROM HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND
HAIL...LEADING TO TEMPORARY MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS NEAR THE STRONGER
STORMS. EVEN THE WEAKER STORMS IN THE FAR WEST WILL CARRY A WIND
THREAT DUE TO THE DRY NATURE OF THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE AND SHOULD BE
WELL AVOIDED BY AIRCRAFT. THE TIME PERIOD WITH HIGHEST CONFIDENCE
FOR THESE STORMS TO BE IN VCNTY OF THE KLBF AND KVTN TERMINALS WILL
BE FROM 23Z TO 05Z. SOME MODEL GUIDANCE HINTING AT LOW CLOUDS
DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT AND RELATED CONVECTION TOWARD SUNRISE
BUT CONFIDENCE TO LOW TO PLACE IN FORECAST ATTM.

&&

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
NEZ004-005-022>024-035-036-056>059-069-070-094.

&&

SHORT TERM/EXTENDED...MASEK
AVIATION...13

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 3:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
331 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2010

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-122045-
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
331 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2010 /231 PM MDT SUN JUL 11 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
MID TO LATE EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NEBRASKA. ONE AREA OF
STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE WESTERN PANHANDLE INTO WEST CENTRAL
NEBRASKA WHICH SHOULD CARRY A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
OVER 60 MPH. A FRONT DRIVING SOUTH INTO NORTHERN NEBRASKA MAY ALSO
BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER IN THE
EVENING...WITH THESE STORMS DROPPING INTO PORTIONS OF THE
SANDHILLS. THE THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS AS IT TRACKS INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

AS THE FRONT MAKES ITS WAY BACK TO THE NORTH AND EAST...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY AND THE RISK OF
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...
HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 11, 6:42 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
642 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0629 PM     TSTM WND GST     13 N HERSHEY            41.35N 101.00W
07/11/2010  E60 MPH          LINCOLN            NE   PUBLIC

&&

SJACOBS

Local storm report, Jul 11, 6:53 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
653 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0640 PM     HAIL             10 SE BASSETT           42.48N 99.40W
07/11/2010  E2.00 INCH       ROCK               NE   PUBLIC

&&

MASEK

Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:01 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
701 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 E NORTH PLATTE        41.13N 100.71W
07/11/2010  M63 MPH          LINCOLN            NE   ASOS

            63 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED AT LEE BIRD FIELD 3 MILES EAST
            OF NORTH PLATTE.

&&

SJACOBS

Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:05 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
705 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0655 PM     HAIL             13 S LONG PINE          42.35N 99.70W
07/11/2010  E1.25 INCH       BROWN              NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BTAYLOR

Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:13 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
713 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 E NORTH PLATTE        41.13N 100.71W
07/11/2010  M67.00 MPH       LINCOLN            NE   ASOS

&&

BTAYLOR

Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:20 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
720 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0711 PM     TSTM WND GST     MAXWELL                 41.08N 100.53W
07/11/2010  E60 MPH          LINCOLN            NE   PUBLIC

            ESTIMATED 60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUSTS THAT BLEW FURNITURE AND
            A PROPANE TANK AROUND THE YARD.

&&

SJACOBS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	45 min
Jul 11, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln	39 min
Jul 11, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	62 min
Jul 11, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt, Rock	61 min
Jul 11, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Loup	64 min
Jul 11, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine	44 min
Jul 11, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	66 min
Jul 11, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Keya Paha	48 min
Jul 11, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	42 min
Jul 11, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock	31 min
Jul 11, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	35 min
Jul 11, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	26 min
Jul 11, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden, Grant, Sheridan	47 min
Jul 12, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Grant	31 min
Jul 12, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Grant	30 min
Jul 12, 1:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	54 min
Jul 12, 2:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Garden	34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.