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Tornado Warning 15, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2011, 6:14 PM MDT for Cherry 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
- Jun 13, 2011, 6:14 PM MDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2011, 6:45 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), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:38 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 36 S Cody, NE | |
| Jun 13, 6:40 PM MDT | HAIL 2.75 | 38 S Cody, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 4:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 1360 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
062 WFUS53 KLBF 140014 TORLBF NEC031-140045- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0015.110614T0014Z-110614T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 614 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 645 PM MDT * AT 614 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPECKEL MEIR LAKE...OR 29 MILES NORTH OF MULLEN...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPECKEL MEIR LAKE. 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 4227 10109 4225 10138 4248 10139 4250 10122 TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 347DEG 8KT 4243 10125 $$ SCHULTZ
3 follow-up statements
877 WWUS53 KLBF 140025 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 725 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011 NEC031-140045- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110614T0045Z/ CHERRY NE- 625 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM MDT... AT 625 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPECKEL MEIR LAKE...OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF MULLEN...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPECKEL MEIR LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4227 10109 4225 10138 4248 10139 4250 10122 TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 004DEG 10KT 4238 10127 $$ SCHULTZ
792 WWUS53 KLBF 140036 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 736 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011 NEC031-140045- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110614T0045Z/ CHERRY NE- 636 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM MDT... AT 636 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPECKEL MEIR LAKE...OR 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF MULLEN...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPECKEL MEIR LAKE. 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 4247 10138 4249 10122 4227 10109 4225 10138 TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 004DEG 10KT 4236 10133 $$ SCHULTZ
182 WWUS53 KLBF 140046 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 746 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011 NEC031-140055- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110614T0045Z/ CHERRY NE- 646 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM MDT. LAT...LON 4247 10138 4249 10122 4227 10109 4225 10138 TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 004DEG 10KT 4236 10133 $$ SCHULTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 7:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 7:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 7:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 3:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha, Rock | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 3:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 4:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 31 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.