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Tornado Warning 9, NWS North Platte, NE

May 23, 2010Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2010, 11:29 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min. 2 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
May 23, 2010, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2010, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:31 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
May 23, 11:51 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDNorth Platte, NETHE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR THE FAIRGROUND WHICH IS NORTH WEST OF THE CITY. THE REPORT WAS RELAYED THROUGH DISPATCH.
May 24, 12:02 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 704 E North Platte, NEESTIMATED 70 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED AT MILE MARKER 173 ON HIGHWAY 30.

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
May 23, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 24 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 2010-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 902 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 2010-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
902 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

736 
WFUS53 KLBF 240429
TORLBF
NEC111-240500-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0009.100524T0429Z-100524T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1129 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1127 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH PLATTE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH
  CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS HIGHWAY
  97 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 4138 10093 4137 10057 4107 10072 4110 10096
TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 189DEG 41KT 4117 10082

$$

TAYLOR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Lincoln37 min
May 23, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Frontier, Lincoln45 min
May 23, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase34 min
May 23, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster53 min
May 23, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Perkins42 min
May 23, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Holt, Loup, Rock62 min
May 23, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Hayes47 min
May 23, 10:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFGarfield, Holt, Loup, Rock41 min
May 23, 10:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFChase, Hayes26 min
May 23, 10:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHayes, Lincoln38 min
May 23, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln42 min
May 23, 11:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln24 min
May 23, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Keya Paha18 min
May 23, 11:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln32 min
May 24, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, Logan, McPherson46 min
May 24, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Thomas50 min
May 24, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Brown51 min
May 24, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Rock48 min
May 24, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Keya Paha50 min
May 24, 4:05 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningLBFArthur, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Deuel and 13 more15 hr
May 24, 1:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHooker, McPherson25 min
May 24, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLogan, Thomas30 min
May 24, 1:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln, Logan, Thomas27 min
May 24, 1:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry, Hooker46 min
May 24, 2:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKeya Paha, Rock24 min
May 24, 2:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBlaine, Cherry, Thomas46 min
May 24, 2:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBlaine, Cherry, Custer, Logan, Thomas43 min
May 24, 2:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKeya Paha18 min
May 24, 2:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry29 min
May 24, 2:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBoyd, Keya Paha13 min
May 24, 2:50 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry47 min
May 24, 2:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBrown, Cherry46 min
May 24, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry30 min
May 24, 3:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKeya Paha15 min
May 24, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKeya Paha, Rock19 min
May 24, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBrown, Cherry, Keya Paha33 min
May 24, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry17 min
May 24, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKeya Paha, Rock24 min
May 24, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFSheridan48 min
May 24, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBlaine, Brown, Custer, Loup, Rock35 min
May 24, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith27 min
May 24, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden, Sheridan59 min
May 24, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Grant, Keith60 min
May 24, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Hayes, Keith, Perkins56 min
May 24, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Grant, Sheridan47 min
May 24, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson, Perkins59 min
May 24, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln, McPherson50 min
May 24, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Grant, Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas31 min
May 24, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry26 min
May 24, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas29 min
May 24, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry43 min
May 24, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Hayes, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson64 min
May 24, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Cherry, Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas32 min
May 24, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry14 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.