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Tornado Warning 34, NWS North Platte, NE

June 26, 2011Garfield County, Holt County, Wheeler County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2011, 5:13 PM CDT for Garfield County, Holt County, Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 min. 6 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, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2011, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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.
Jun 26, 5:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	10 Se Bartlett, NE
Jun 26, 5:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1	10 Se Bartlett, NE	MOSTLY DIME SIZED HAIL LASTED FOR 5 MINUTES.

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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.

383 
WFUS53 KLBF 262213
TORLBF
NEC071-089-183-262245-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0034.110626T2213Z-110626T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  WHEELER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE
  DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF SWAN LAKE TO FOUR CORNERS TO BARTLETT...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PIBEL LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA AND GOOSE LAKE STATE WILDLIFE
  MANAGEMENT AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 4211 9832 4174 9832 4176 9878 4201 9897
      4217 9913
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 282DEG 40KT 4212 9889 4204 9853
          4188 9851

$$

HIRSCH

2 follow-up statements

858 
WWUS53 KLBF 262227 RRA
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
527 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

NEC071-089-183-262245-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110626T2245Z/
GARFIELD NE-HOLT NE-WHEELER NE-
527 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WHEELER...SOUTHEASTERN
HOLT AND NORTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 520 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THE 
LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 
MILES SOUTH OF CHAMBERS TO 7 MILES EAST OF FOUR CORNERS TO 7 MILES 
EAST OF BARTLETT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS...AND STRONG WINDS WERE PASSING THROUGH 
BARTLETT AT THIS TIME. THE GREATEST TORNADIC THREAT WAS LOCATED 
SOUTHEAST OF CHAMBERS AND NORTHWEST OF BARTLETT.  PERSONS IN THIS 
AREA SHOULD BE IN SHELTER AT THIS TIME AND REMAIN IN SHELTER THROUGH 
AT LEAST 545 PM...EVEN IF YOU BELIEVE THE STORM HAS PASSED YOUR 
LOCATION!    

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GOOSE LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA.

LAT...LON 4181 9876 4197 9884 4215 9889 4211 9832
      4174 9832
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 282DEG 40KT 4210 9874 4201 9838
          4185 9837

$$

HIRSCH

796 
WWUS53 KLBF 262239
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
539 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

NEC071-089-183-262245-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110626T2245Z/
GARFIELD NE-HOLT NE-WHEELER NE-
539 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WHEELER...SOUTHEASTERN
HOLT AND NORTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 534 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A LINE OF TORNADO
PRODUCING STORMS.  THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM GOOSE LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA TO 11
MILES SOUTHEAST OF KNIEVELS CORNER TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SPALDING...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

AT 528 PM...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES 
SOUTH OF BARTLETT. 

TORNADIC CIRCULATION IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF BARTLETT AND A SECOND 
TORNADIC CIRCULATION IS NORTHWEST OF BARTLETT.  PERSONS IN WHEELER 
COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN UNDERCOVER EVEN IF THEY BELIEVE THE STORM HAS 
PASSED!

LAT...LON 4181 9876 4197 9884 4215 9889 4211 9832
      4174 9832
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 282DEG 40KT 4207 9856 4198 9820
          4182 9820

$$

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, 4:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Garfield, Wheeler	32 min
Jun 26, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	38 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.