Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 31, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2011, 1:02 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 min. 4 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 26, 2011, 1:02 PM MDT (19:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2011, 1:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 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 19:02 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:10 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 Ese Merritt Reservoi, NE | 6 RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATON POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN ONE HALF MILE WEST OF THE VALENTINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING. TIME OF DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT 210 PM CDT. |
| Jun 26, 1:20 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 20 S Valentine, NE | PUBLIC REPORTED WIND GUST TO 60 MPH. MEASURED WITH HOME WEATHER STATION. |
| Jun 26, 1:53 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 12 S Wood Lake, NE | WIND SPEEDS OF 60 MPH OCCURRING ALONG WITH NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL AT TIME OF THIS REPORT. |
| Jun 26, 1:53 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 12 S Wood Lake, 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 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.
950 WFUS53 KLBF 261902 TORLBF NEC031-261945- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0031.110626T1902Z-110626T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 202 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 245 PM CDT/145 PM MDT/ * AT 157 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIG ALKALI LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. IN ADDITION...GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM NEAR MERRITT RESERVOIR WITH THIS STORM. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BIG ALKALI LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND VALENTINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AROUND 210 OR 215 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE WOOD LAKE. IF YOU ARE AT THE LAKE GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM. 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 4267 10020 4239 10019 4249 10082 4267 10080 TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 271DEG 31KT 4258 10070 $$ HIRSCH
2 follow-up statements
064 WWUS53 KLBF 261926 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 226 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 NEC031-261945- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110626T1945Z/ CHERRY NE- 226 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM CDT/145 PM MDT/... AT 220 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OR STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF VALENTINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...INCLUDING WOOD LAKE AND OTHER AREA LAKES. IF ON THE WATER... GET OUT AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. THIS STORM MAY ALSO CREATE AN OUTFLOW OF WIND WHICH CAN PRODUCE LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4267 10020 4239 10019 4249 10082 4267 10080 TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 271DEG 31KT 4258 10043 $$ HIRSCH
929 WWUS53 KLBF 261943 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 243 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 NEC031-261948- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110626T1945Z/ CHERRY NE- 243 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM CDT/145 PM MDT/... THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NOW PRODUCING STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS. AT 220 PM THE PUBLIC REPORTED A 60 MPH WIND GUST 20 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA AND CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM CDT/200 PM MDT. THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4267 10020 4239 10019 4249 10082 4267 10080 TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 271DEG 31KT 4258 10025 $$ HIRSCH
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, 12:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.