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Tornado Warning 30, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2011, 12:37 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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
- Jun 26, 2011, 12:37 PM MDT (18:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2011, 1:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 26, 12:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1761 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
178 WFUS53 KLBF 261837 TORLBF NEC031-261915- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0030.110626T1837Z-110626T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1237 PM MDT SUN JUN 26 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 115 PM MDT/215 PM CDT/ * AT 1234 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF SCHOOLHOUSE LAKE...OR 37 MILES NORTH OF MULLEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE NORTH LOUP RIVER...HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 100 AND HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 110. 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 4257 10070 4236 10076 4243 10137 4261 10132 TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 280DEG 28KT 4254 10125 $$ MASEK
3 follow-up statements
116 WWUS53 KLBF 261848 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 148 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 NEC031-261915- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110626T1915Z/ CHERRY NE- 1248 PM MDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM MDT/215 PM CDT/... AT 1243 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF STEER CREEK CAMPGROUND...OR 35 MILES NORTH OF MULLEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE NORTH LOUP RIVER...HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 100 AND HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 110. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4257 10070 4236 10076 4243 10137 4261 10132 TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 277DEG 31KT 4254 10111 $$ MASEK
484 WWUS53 KLBF 261901 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 201 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 NEC031-261915- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110626T1915Z/ CHERRY NE- 101 PM MDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM MDT/215 PM CDT/... AT 1257 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE NORTH LOUP RIVER...OR 33 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 110. 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 4240 10114 4259 10110 4257 10070 4236 10076 TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 277DEG 31KT 4252 10095 $$ MASEK
272 WWUS53 KLBF 261916 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 216 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 NEC031-261926- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110626T1915Z/ CHERRY NE- 116 PM MDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. ALSO A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY. LAT...LON 4240 10114 4259 10110 4257 10070 4236 10076 TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 277DEG 31KT 4252 10095 $$ MASEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 8:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Cherry | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 9:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 11:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 25 min |
| Jun 25, 11:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden, Grant | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 12:15 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 12:25 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Loup, Rock | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 12:44 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 1:42 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 6:17 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 11:07 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 11:42 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 12:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 1:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 1:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 1:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 2:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 3:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 3:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 3:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 3:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 4:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 4:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 15 min |
| Jun 26, 4:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 5:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 52 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.