Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2013, 6:59 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2013, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2013, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 26 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.
668 WFUS53 KLBF 292359 TORLBF NEC111-300030- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0004.130329T2359Z-130330T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 659 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 730 PM CDT * AT 656 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JEFFREY CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 AND 74. 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 4093 10028 4076 10035 4091 10084 4102 10079 TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 291DEG 25KT 4094 10062 $$ MASEK
3 follow-up statements
980 WWUS53 KLBF 300009 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 709 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 NEC111-300030- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130330T0030Z/ LINCOLN NE- 709 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JEFFREY CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4093 10028 4076 10035 4091 10084 4102 10079 TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 287DEG 21KT 4095 10065 $$ MASEK
831 WWUS53 KLBF 300020 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 720 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 NEC111-300030- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130330T0030Z/ LINCOLN NE- 720 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF JEFFREY CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NE JEFFREY CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT 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 4087 10070 4100 10065 4093 10028 4076 10035 TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 286DEG 27KT 4094 10051 $$ MASEK
045 WWUS53 KLBF 300031 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 731 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 NEC111-300041- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130330T0030Z/ LINCOLN NE- 731 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4087 10070 4100 10065 4093 10028 4076 10035 TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 286DEG 27KT 4094 10051 $$ 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, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.