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Tornado Warning 22, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2013, 5:24 PM MDT for Hooker County, McPherson County, Thomas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 51 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
- Jul 7, 2013, 5:24 PM MDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2013, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
Counties Hooker County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 5:50 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | 12 S Mullen, NE | DEPUTY REPORTED CAR WINDSHIELD BROKEN BY PING PONG SIZE HAIL 12 MILES SOUTH OF MULLEN NEAR MILE MARKER 55. |
| Jul 7, 6:15 PM MDT | HAIL 2.75 | 19 S Mullen, NE | STATE TROOPER REPORTED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL ON THE GROUND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 46 TO 48 ON HWY 97. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 5:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 1937 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
812
WFUS53 KLBF 072324
TORLBF
NEC091-117-171-080015-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0022.130707T2324Z-130708T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
524 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HOOKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
NORTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 615 PM MDT/715 PM CDT/
* AT 521 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS 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...
MULLEN...KELSO...HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE DISMAL RIVER AND SHIMMONS
LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 172 AND 198.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 45 AND 69.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.
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 4203 10078 4169 10077 4185 10140 4209 10125
4209 10116
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 298DEG 16KT 4199 10119
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
BUTTLER1 follow-up statement
704
WWUS53 KLBF 072354
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
654 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2013
NEC091-117-171-080015-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130708T0015Z/
HOOKER NE-MCPHERSON NE-THOMAS NE-
554 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS...
NORTHEASTERN MCPHERSON AND HOOKER COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM MDT/715 PM
CDT/...
AT 549 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF MULLEN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHIMMONS LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 172 AND 198.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 45 AND 68.
AT 550 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED PING PONG SIZED HAIL 12
MILES SOUTH OF MULLEN NEAR MILE MARKER 55 ON HIGHWAY 97.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH
PLATTE.
&&
LAT...LON 4203 10078 4169 10077 4185 10140 4209 10125
4209 10116
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 309DEG 27KT 4185 10096
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
BUTTLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Hooker | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 61 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.