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Tornado Warning 28, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 2013, 6:04 PM MDT for Cherry County, Grant County, Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 min. 3 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
- Aug 1, 2013, 6:04 PM MDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2013, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Cherry County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:10 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | 17 Nw Mullen, NE | ALSO HAD 50 TO 60 MPH WIND GUSTS WITH THE STORM |
| Aug 1, 6:30 PM MDT | HAIL 2.75 | 25 Nw Mullen, NE | NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE ALSO BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM. |
| Aug 1, 6:38 PM MDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 11 W Mullen, NE | REPORTED THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 12:22 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1701 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
401
WFUS53 KLBF 020004
TORLBF
NEC031-075-091-020030-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0028.130802T0004Z-130802T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
604 PM MDT THU AUG 1 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
NORTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 630 PM MDT
* AT 603 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITMAN...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 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...
WEIR...CARR LAKE AND HECLA.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 161 AND 180.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 80.
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 4215 10093 4189 10144 4227 10156 4240 10129
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 326DEG 28KT 4221 10136
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
ROBERGThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Sheridan | 62 min |
| Aug 1, 6:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Logan | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 7:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 7:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 7:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 7:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 7:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 7:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden, Keith, Perkins | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 7:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 8:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Custer | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 8:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, Perkins | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 8:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 9:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 66 min |
| Aug 1, 9:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 10:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 49 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.