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Tornado Warning 33, NWS North Platte, NE

June 26, 2011Garfield County, Wheeler County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2011, 4:58 PM CDT for Garfield County, Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2011, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Garfield County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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, 5:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	15 Nw Bartlett, NE	HERDCO FEED LOT REPORTED VERY STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH HAIL AS LARGE AS GOLF BALLS.
Jun 26, 5:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	15 Nw Bartlett, NE	MOSTLY NICKEL SIZED HAIL BUT SOME HAIL WAS AS LARGE AS GOLFBALLS. REPORT WAS FURNISHED BY HERDCO FEED LOT.
Jun 26, 5:28 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	5 S Bartlett, NE	PUBLIC REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES SOUTH OF BARTLETT. REPORT RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER.
Jun 26, 5:28 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Bartlett, NE	PUBLIC REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES SOUTH OF BARTLETT. REPORT RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER.

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, 1:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

289 
WFUS53 KLBF 262158
TORLBF
NEC071-183-262230-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0033.110626T2158Z-110626T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
458 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  WHEELER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST    
  DANGEROUS PORTION OF THE STORM IS LOCATED FROM 11 MILES   
  SOUTH OF CHAMBERS TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT HARTSUFF STATE   
  PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FOUR CORNERS AND BARTLETT.

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 4207 9832 4180 9832 4180 9899 4208 9887
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 280DEG 32KT 4204 9873 4188 9885

$$

HIRSCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	43 min
Jun 25, 9:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Cherry	3 hr
Jun 25, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel	52 min
Jun 26, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	25 min
Jun 26, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Garden, Grant	31 min
Jun 26, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Grant	30 min
Jun 26, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Loup, Rock	65 min
Jun 26, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Grant	29 min
Jun 26, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	63 min
Jun 26, 7:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	58 min
Jun 26, 12:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	38 min
Jun 26, 12:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	48 min
Jun 26, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	46 min
Jun 26, 1:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	38 min
Jun 26, 2:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	43 min
Jun 26, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	46 min
Jun 26, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry	47 min
Jun 26, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Rock	42 min
Jun 26, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield, Holt, Wheeler	50 min
Jun 26, 4:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Garfield, Wheeler	28 min
Jun 26, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	39 min
Jun 26, 4:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Garfield, Holt, Wheeler	6 hr
Jun 26, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	38 min
Jun 26, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Garfield, Holt, Wheeler	32 min
Jun 26, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Wheeler	15 min
Jun 26, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	61 min
Jun 26, 6:38 PM CDT	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.