Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 18, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2013, 6:03 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 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 16, 2013, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Custer County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 16, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 2248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
758
WFUS53 KLBF 162303
TORLBF
NEC041-162330-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0018.130616T2303Z-130616T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
603 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 558 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OCONTO...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURR OAK AND CUMRO.
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 4119 9986 4109 9937 4104 9940 4105 9992
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 288DEG 21KT 4108 9978
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
TAYLOR2 follow-up statements
829
WWUS53 KLBF 162313
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
613 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
NEC041-162330-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-130616T2330Z/
CUSTER NE-
613 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CUSTER
COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 608 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF OCONTO...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
OCONTO.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURR OAK AND CUMRO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4119 9986 4109 9937 4104 9940 4105 9992
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 288DEG 21KT 4105 9974
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
TAYLOR725 WWUS53 KLBF 162328 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 628 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 NEC041-162338- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-130616T2330Z/ CUSTER NE- 628 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT/530 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. LAT...LON 4119 9986 4109 9937 4104 9940 4105 9992 TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 288DEG 21KT 4102 9962 $$ TAYLOR
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, Thomas | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 8:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, Thomas | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Perkins | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Logan | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Hooker | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Thomas | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant, Hooker | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Thomas | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, McPherson | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Sheridan | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant, Hooker | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant, Hooker, McPherson | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 6:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Custer | 6 hr |
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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.