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Tornado Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2013, 6:27 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 min. 5 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, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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, 6:48 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 S North Platte, NE | |
| Mar 29, 6:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 S North Platte, NE | REPORT RELAYED THROUGH FACEBOOK. |
| Mar 29, 6:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 6 S North Platte, NE | POLICE REPORT QUARTER TO PING PONG SIZE HAIL. |
| Mar 29, 6:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 S North Platte, NE | |
| Mar 29, 6:53 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 S North Platte, NE | MOST STONES THE SIZE OF A QUARTER...A FEW LARGER. SOFT HAIL. |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 16 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.
013 WFUS53 KLBF 292327 TORLBF NEC111-300000- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0003.130329T2327Z-130330T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 627 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 700 PM CDT * AT 624 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NE BIRDWOOD...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 166 AND 185. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 72 AND 81. 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 4109 10061 4093 10063 4103 10102 4115 10098 TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 288DEG 21KT 4106 10092 $$ MASEK
2 follow-up statements
829 WWUS53 KLBF 292337 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 637 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 NEC111-300000- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130330T0000Z/ LINCOLN NE- 637 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 635 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4109 10061 4093 10063 4103 10102 4115 10098 TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 287DEG 18KT 4105 10086 $$ MASEK
659 WWUS53 KLBF 292350 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 650 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 NEC111-300000- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130330T0000Z/ LINCOLN NE- 650 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 647 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY. 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 4100 10088 4113 10083 4109 10061 4093 10063 TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 291DEG 18KT 4100 10078 $$ 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, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Mar 29, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 31 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.