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Tornado Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE

May 19, 2014Garden County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2014, 7:23 PM MDT for Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 min. 2 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: May 19, 2014, 7:23 PM MDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2014, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Garden County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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
May 19, 7:24 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	8 N Lisco, NE
May 19, 7:47 PM MDT	HAIL 1	10 N Oshkosh, NE

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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 896 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2231 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

093 
WFUS53 KLBF 200123
TORLBF
NEC069-200200-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0002.140520T0123Z-140520T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
723 PM MDT MON MAY 19 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL GARDEN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 800 PM MDT

* AT 719 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF LISCO...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
  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.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL
  GARDEN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...DOGTOWN FLATS.

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 4170 10219 4147 10223 4155 10263 4170 10261
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 276DEG 27KT 4161 10253

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

TAYLOR

3 follow-up statements

978 
WWUS53 KLBF 200132
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
732 PM MDT MON MAY 19 2014

NEC069-200200-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140520T0200Z/
GARDEN NE-
732 PM MDT MON MAY 19 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL GARDEN COUNTY
UNTIL 800 PM MDT...

AT 728 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LISCO...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
DOGTOWN FLATS...ADAMS FLATS AND RACKETT.

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 4170 10219 4147 10223 4155 10263 4170 10261
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 276DEG 37KT 4157 10240

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

TAYLOR

376 
WWUS53 KLBF 200145
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
845 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2014

NEC069-200200-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140520T0200Z/
GARDEN NE-
745 PM MDT MON MAY 19 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL GARDEN COUNTY
UNTIL 800 PM MDT...

AT 743 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF OSHKOSH...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
RACKETT.

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 4170 10219 4147 10223 4155 10263 4170 10261
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 276DEG 37KT 4156 10226

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

TAYLOR

483 
WWUS53 KLBF 200156
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
856 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2014

NEC069-200207-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140520T0200Z/
GARDEN NE-
756 PM MDT MON MAY 19 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL GARDEN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 900
PM CDT/800 PM MDT/...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 
FOR THE AREA.  

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTH PLATTE.

LAT...LON 4170 10219 4147 10223 4155 10263 4170 10261
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 276DEG 37KT 4155 10209

$$

TAYLOR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 7:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	46 min
May 19, 8:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Garden, Keith	45 min
May 19, 8:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel, Keith	50 min
May 19, 8:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Perkins	39 min
May 19, 9:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes, Perkins	45 min
May 19, 9:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	43 min
May 19, 10:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes	45 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.