Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 71, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2010, 8:59 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 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 22, 2010, 8:59 PM MDT (02:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2010, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -289 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2191 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
275 WFUS53 KLBF 230259 TORLBF NEC031-230330- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0071.100723T0259Z-100723T0330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 859 PM MDT THU JUL 22 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 930 PM MDT/1030 PM CDT/ * AT 853 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING BIG CREEK...OR 23 MILES NORTH OF MULLEN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BROWNLEE. 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. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 4234 10102 4243 10092 4230 10060 4213 10073 TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 307DEG 28KT 4233 10091 $$ CDC
2 follow-up statements
618 WWUS53 KLBF 230315 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1015 PM CDT THU JUL 22 2010 NEC031-230330- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-100723T0330Z/ CHERRY NE- 915 PM MDT THU JUL 22 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM MDT/1030 PM CDT/... AT 1012 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF BROWNLEE...OR 22 MILES NORTH OF THEDFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 4234 10102 4243 10092 4230 10060 4213 10073 TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 302DEG 37KT 4226 10069 $$ CDC
882 WWUS53 KLBF 230325 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1025 PM CDT THU JUL 22 2010 NEC031-230335- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-100723T0330Z/ CHERRY NE- 925 PM MDT THU JUL 22 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM CDT/930 PM MDT/... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 4234 10102 4243 10092 4230 10060 4213 10073 TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 302DEG 37KT 4220 10057 $$ CDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 6:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 7:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 7:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 48 min |
| Jul 22, 8:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 8:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 29 min |
| Jul 22, 8:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 9:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Thomas | 53 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.