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Tornado Warning 16, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2014, 8:30 PM MDT for Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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, 8:30 PM MDT (02:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2014, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 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), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:50 PM MDT | HAIL 1.25 | 7 Sw Mullen, NE | MARBLE TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL AT TIME OF REPORT. |
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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
930
WFUS53 KLBF 180230
TORLBF
NEC091-180300-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0016.140618T0230Z-140618T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
830 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HOOKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 900 PM MDT
* AT 828 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN...AND WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
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...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL HOOKER COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 170 AND 177.
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.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4205 10133 4203 10105 4182 10113 4188 10141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 326DEG 1KT 4197 10125
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
TAYLOR2 follow-up statements
307
WWUS53 KLBF 180246
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
946 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
NEC091-180300-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-140618T0300Z/
HOOKER NE-
846 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL HOOKER COUNTY
UNTIL 900 PM MDT...
AT 844 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN...AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL HOOKER COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 177.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4205 10133 4203 10105 4182 10113 4188 10141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 326DEG 1KT 4197 10125
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
TAYLOR584 WWUS53 KLBF 180300 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1000 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014 NEC091-180310- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-140618T0300Z/ HOOKER NE- 900 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HOOKER COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. LAT...LON 4205 10133 4203 10105 4182 10113 4188 10141 TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 326DEG 1KT 4197 10125 $$ 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, 8:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hooker | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 8:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 52 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.