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Tornado Warning 15, NWS North Platte, NE

June 17, 2014Hooker County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2014, 8:04 PM MDT for Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 min. 6 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: Jun 17, 2014, 8:04 PM MDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2014, 8:30 PM MDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.5 in

County Hooker County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 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
Jun 17, 8:07 PM MDT	TORNADO	12 Wsw Mullen, NE	POSSIBLE RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADO
Jun 17, 8:10 PM MDT	TORNADO	12 Wsw Mullen, NE	MULTI VORTEX TORNADO PICKING UP DIRT
Jun 17, 8:15 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	9 Sw Mullen, NE
Jun 17, 8:15 PM MDT	TORNADO	9 Sw Mullen, NE	TORNADO REPORTED 3 MILES SOUTH OF HECLA. REPORTED AS CONE GOING TO ROPE PHASE.
Jun 17, 8:17 PM MDT	TORNADO	9 Sw Mullen, NE	PUBLIC REPORTED A SMALL WEDGE SHAPED TORNADO APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN.
Jun 17, 8:20 PM MDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	10 Sw Mullen, NE	FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN.

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
Jun 17, 3:53 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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: 823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2891 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

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

494 
WFUS53 KLBF 180204
TORLBF
NEC091-180230-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0015.140618T0204Z-140618T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
804 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HOOKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 830 PM MDT

* AT 800 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITMAN...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EAST CODY LAKE AND HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE DISMAL RIVER.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 61.

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 4191 10085 4174 10126 4175 10130 4197 10141
      4203 10123
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 330DEG 9KT 4193 10129

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

TAYLOR

1 follow-up statement

900 
WWUS53 KLBF 180214
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
914 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014

NEC091-180230-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140618T0230Z/
HOOKER NE-
814 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HOOKER COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM
MDT...

AT 809 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MULLEN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
         LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE DISMAL RIVER AND EAST CODY LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 61.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4191 10085 4174 10126 4175 10130 4197 10141
      4203 10123
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 325DEG 5KT 4196 10125

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

TAYLOR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 6:16 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	29 min
Jun 17, 6:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	49 min
Jun 17, 6:43 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	32 min
Jun 17, 7:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	47 min
Jun 17, 7:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Hooker	45 min
Jun 17, 8:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Hooker	45 min
Jun 17, 8:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	48 min
Jun 17, 8:30 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Hooker	30 min
Jun 18, 5:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Perkins	52 min

Nearby

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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.