Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2013, 6:04 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 min. 2 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
- Mar 29, 2013, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 6:23 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 E Hershey, NE | ON HIGHWAY 30. |
| Mar 29, 6:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 S Hershey, NE | REPORT RELAYED THROUGH FACEBOOK. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
927 WFUS53 KLBF 292304 TORLBF NEC111-292330- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0002.130329T2304Z-130329T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 604 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR NE SUTHERLAND RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 17 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HERSHEY AND BIRDWOOD. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 158 AND 173. 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 4117 10084 4101 10083 4107 10115 4119 10114 TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 282DEG 17KT 4113 10107 $$ MASEK
2 follow-up statements
843 WWUS53 KLBF 292312 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 612 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 NEC111-292330- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130329T2330Z/ LINCOLN NE- 612 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HERSHEY...OR 13 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BIRDWOOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4119 10110 4117 10084 4101 10083 4106 10112 TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 278DEG 19KT 4111 10100 $$ MASEK
774 WWUS53 KLBF 292320 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 620 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 NEC111-292330- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130329T2330Z/ LINCOLN NE- 620 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 619 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HERSHEY...OR 10 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BIRDWOOD. 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 4107 10108 4118 10104 4117 10084 4101 10083 TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 278DEG 19KT 4110 10095 $$ MASEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln | 42 min |
| Mar 29, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Mar 29, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.