Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 17, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2014, 9:31 PM MDT for Deuel County, Keith County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 min. 4 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 18, 2014, 9:31 PM MDT (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2014, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Deuel County, NE, Keith County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:35 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | Se Big Springs, NE | 4 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Jun 18, 9:40 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 W Big Springs, NE | WINDS ALSO ESTIMATED AT 40MPH |
| Jun 18, 9:40 PM MDT | HAIL 2 | 4 W Big Springs, NE | DELAYED REPORT FROM JUNE 18TH. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. HAIL UP TO 2 INCH DIAMETER. ONE HAIL STONE PENETRATED ALUMINUM SHEETING ATOP AN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY. SKY LIGHTS BROKEN OUT OF TRAVEL TRAILER. HOME ROOF DAMAGED. DIPOLE ANTENNA 40 FEET HIGH WAS BLO |
| Jun 18, 9:55 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | Big Springs, NE | WINDS ESTIMATED AT 50 TO 60 MPH |
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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 1400 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
211
WFUS53 KLBF 190331
TORLBF
NEC049-101-190400-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0017.140619T0331Z-140619T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
931 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN DEUEL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...
SOUTHWESTERN KEITH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
* AT 929 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JULESBURG...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
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...
BIG SPRINGS...BRULE...BARTON...GOLDENEYE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
AREA AND MEGEATH.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 119.
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 4122 10226 4122 10207 4114 10179 4100 10192
4101 10205 4099 10205 4100 10234
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 199DEG 21KT 4100 10220
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
TAYLOR2 follow-up statements
778
WWUS53 KLBF 190340
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1040 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
NEC049-101-190400-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140619T0400Z/
DEUEL NE-KEITH NE-
940 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN KEITH AND
EASTERN DEUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM MDT...
AT 938 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BIG SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BIG SPRINGS...BRULE AND MEGEATH.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND 120.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4100 10220 4122 10216 4122 10207 4114 10179
4100 10192 4101 10205 4099 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 199DEG 21KT 4105 10210
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
TAYLOR027
WWUS53 KLBF 190400
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1100 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
NEC049-101-190410-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140619T0400Z/
DEUEL NE-KEITH NE-
1000 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KEITH AND EASTERN DEUEL
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.
LAT...LON 4100 10220 4122 10216 4122 10207 4114 10179
4100 10192 4101 10205 4099 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 199DEG 21KT 4104 10210
$$
TAYLORThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 6:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 7:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 7:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 8:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 9:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 9:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 9:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 9:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden, Keith | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 10:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, McPherson | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 10:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 10:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 11:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 11:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 11:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Thomas | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 11:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 11:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 11:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Logan, Thomas | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 12:03 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Lincoln, Logan, Loup | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:03 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 1:57 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 63 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.