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Tornado Warning 10, NWS North Platte, NE

May 30, 2011Holt County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2011, 6:40 PM CDT for Holt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 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 30, 2011, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2011, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Holt County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 30, 6:40 PM CDTTORNADO2 Ne Oneill, NE2 TORNADOES ON THE GROUND 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF ONEILL AS REPORTED BY THE FIRE CHIEF.
May 30, 6:52 PM CDTTORNADOOneill, NE2 TORNADOES CONFIRMED ON EASTERN EDGE OF ONEILL BY POLICE CHIEF AND DEPUTY AND RELAYED BY DISPATCH. NO DAMAGE REPORTS THUS FAR.

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 30, 2:08 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1099 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 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
1099 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-360 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
302 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

424 
WFUS53 KLBF 302340
TORLBF
NEC089-310015-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0010.110530T2340Z-110531T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
640 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 638 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  NEAR ONEILL. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. DOPPLER RADAR
  SHOWED THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL HOLT
  COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS HIGHWAY 281 MILE        
  MARKER 190. INCLUDING ONEILL.

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 4239 9878 4256 9887 4274 9830 4251 9830
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 248DEG 44KT 4251 9870

$$

POWER
1 follow-up statement
599 
WWUS53 KLBF 302347
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
647 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

NEC089-310015-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110531T0015Z/
HOLT NE-
647 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL HOLT COUNTY
UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
EMMET...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ONEILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HOLT 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4241 9871 4257 9882 4274 9830 4251 9830
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 236DEG 36KT 4260 9867

$$

POWER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt52 min
May 29, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Holt30 min
May 30, 3:57 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLBFBlaine, Brown, Chase, Custer, Frontier, Garfield and 11 more14 hr
May 30, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeya Paha, Rock42 min
May 30, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer36 min
May 30, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Brown47 min
May 30, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Rock52 min
May 30, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer, Logan42 min
May 30, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFRock32 min
May 30, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHolt, Rock28 min
May 30, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBlaine35 min
May 30, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer, Logan44 min
May 30, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd16 min
May 30, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHolt35 min
May 30, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBrown, Loup, Rock36 min
May 30, 5:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFBlaine3 hr
May 30, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Brown, Rock38 min
May 30, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBoyd, Holt32 min
May 30, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHolt, Rock29 min
May 30, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer40 min
May 30, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Garden, Grant, Sheridan40 min
May 30, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Rock49 min
May 30, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Brown, Loup, Rock43 min
May 30, 6:22 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningLBFChase, Frontier, Hayes, Keith, Lincoln, Logan and 2 more98 min
May 30, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan50 min
May 30, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster42 min
May 30, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBoyd, Holt21 min
May 30, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLoup49 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.