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Tornado Warning 11, NWS North Platte, NE

May 26, 2013Blaine County, Custer County, Loup County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2013, 9:10 PM CDT for Blaine County, Custer County, Loup County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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: May 26, 2013, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2013, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Blaine County, NE, Custer County, NE, Loup County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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
May 26, 9:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	6 E Dunning, 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
May 26, 7:33 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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: 2761 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 16.7

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The text

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

335 
WFUS53 KLBF 270210
TORLBF
NEC009-041-115-270300-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0011.130527T0210Z-130527T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
910 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTH CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHWESTERN LOUP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 904 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF
  DUNNING...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
           OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
           EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MILBURN...ALMERIA...MILBURN DIVERSION DAM STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
  AREA AND WALWORTH.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 243 AND 248.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4165 9956 4174 10009 4192 10009 4193 9947
      4163 9948
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 267DEG 9KT 4183 9999

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BROOKS

2 follow-up statements

733 
WWUS53 KLBF 270230
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
930 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013

NEC009-041-115-270300-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130527T0300Z/
BLAINE NE-CUSTER NE-LOUP NE-
930 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUP...NORTH
CENTRAL CUSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 928 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF DUNNING...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILBURN...ALMERIA...MILBURN DIVERSION DAM STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
AREA AND WALWORTH.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 243 AND 248.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4165 9956 4174 10009 4192 10009 4193 9947
      4163 9948
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 292DEG 8KT 4180 9998

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BROOKS

607 
WWUS53 KLBF 270249
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
949 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013

NEC009-041-115-270259-
/O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130527T0300Z/
BLAINE NE-CUSTER NE-LOUP NE-
949 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUP...NORTH CENTRAL CUSTER
AND SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN 
EFFECT FOR THE AREA AND LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 4165 9956 4174 10009 4192 10009 4193 9947
      4163 9948
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 292DEG 8KT 4178 9993

$$

BROOKS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown	48 min
May 26, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	44 min
May 26, 8:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Blaine	42 min
May 26, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry	49 min
May 26, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Loup, Rock	62 min
May 26, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Custer	31 min
May 26, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	42 min
May 26, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	52 min
May 26, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Loup	60 min
May 26, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Garfield, Loup	52 min
May 27, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel, Garden	56 min
May 27, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	59 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.