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Tornado Warning 29, NWS North Platte, NE

August 1, 2013Cherry County, Hooker County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 2013, 6:33 PM MDT for Cherry County, Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 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: Aug 1, 2013, 6:33 PM MDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2013, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Cherry County, NE, Hooker County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 6:38 PM MDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	11 W Mullen, NE	REPORTED THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Aug 1, 6:50 PM MDT	HAIL 1.5	4 W Mullen, 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
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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 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

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The text

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

496 
WFUS53 KLBF 020033
TORLBF
NEC031-091-020100-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0029.130802T0033Z-130802T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
633 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...
  NORTHERN HOOKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 700 PM MDT

* AT 631 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  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 AND HECLA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND 188.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 60 AND 71.

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 4199 10091 4183 10130 4216 10143 4218 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 326DEG 19KT 4209 10126

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

336 
WWUS53 KLBF 020046
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
746 PM CDT THU AUG 1 2013

NEC031-020056-
/O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-130802T0100Z/
CHERRY NE-
646 PM MDT THU AUG 1 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4209 10106 4199 10091 4183 10130 4209 10140
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 326DEG 19KT 4202 10122

$$

NEC091-020100-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-130802T0100Z/
HOOKER NE-
646 PM MDT THU AUG 1 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN HOOKER COUNTY
UNTIL 700 PM MDT...

AT 642 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND 187.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 60 AND 68.

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 4209 10106 4199 10091 4183 10130 4209 10140
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 326DEG 19KT 4202 10122

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 1, 6:04 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry, Grant, Hooker	26 min
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, 6:52 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.