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Tornado Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE

June 6, 2014Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2014, 12:40 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 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 6, 2014, 12:40 PM MDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2014, 1:15 PM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 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 6, 1:00 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Cody, NE	A POWER POLE WAS SNAPPED APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE EAST OF CODY...CAUSING A SEVERAL HOUR POWER OUTAGE IN CODY. DELAYED REPORT FROM JUNE 6TH.
Jun 6, 1:00 PM MDT	HAIL 1	6 W Cody, NE
Jun 6, 1:00 PM MDT	TORNADO	Cody, NE	DELAYED REPORT FROM JUNE 6TH. BRIEF TORNADO OCCURRED ONE MILE WEST OF CODY. SHORT LIVED TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON TOP OF A SANDHILL WITH NO DAMAGE NOTED. CORRECTED TIME OF OCCURRENCE BY DIRECT WITNESS.
Jun 6, 1:05 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Cody, NE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 585 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

668 
WFUS53 KLBF 061840
TORLBF
NEC031-061915-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0004.140606T1840Z-140606T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1240 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 115 PM MDT

* AT 1239 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELI...AND MOVING EAST AT
  20 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 BE NEAR...
  NENZEL AROUND 110 PM MDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CODY LAKE AND CODY.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 149 AND 173.

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 4282 10097 4288 10144 4299 10147 4301 10130
      4300 10098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 264DEG 19KT 4291 10134

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

$$

KNUTSVIG

3 follow-up statements

969 
WWUS53 KLBF 061852
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
152 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

NEC031-061915-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140606T1915Z/
CHERRY NE-
1252 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY
COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM MDT...

AT 1248 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CODY...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 BE NEAR...
  NENZEL AROUND 105 PM MDT.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 149 AND 173.

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 4282 10097 4288 10144 4299 10147 4301 10130
      4300 10098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 265DEG 24KT 4292 10123

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

$$

KNUTSVIG

909 
WWUS53 KLBF 061900
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
200 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

NEC031-061915-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140606T1915Z/
CHERRY NE-
100 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY
COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM MDT...

AT 1258 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF NENZEL...AND MOVING EAST 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.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NENZEL AROUND 110 PM MDT.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 151 AND 173.

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 4282 10097 4287 10140 4299 10144 4301 10130
      4300 10098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 265DEG 21KT 4292 10119

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

$$

KNUTSVIG

490 
WWUS53 KLBF 061917
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
217 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

NEC031-061927-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140606T1915Z/
CHERRY NE-
117 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY 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...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL 
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4282 10097 4287 10140 4299 10144 4301 10130
      4300 10098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 265DEG 21KT 4292 10118

$$

KNUTSVIG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 9:40 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	LBF	Deuel, Keith	6 days
Jun 6, 11:52 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	43 min
Jun 6, 12:12 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	23 min
Jun 6, 12:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Grant	40 min
Jun 6, 12:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	42 min
Jun 6, 12:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Grant	28 min
Jun 6, 1:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Grant, Hooker	44 min
Jun 6, 1:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	45 min
Jun 6, 1:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith	51 min
Jun 6, 1:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Cherry, Grant, Hooker	41 min
Jun 6, 1:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Keya Paha	50 min
Jun 6, 2:01 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Cherry	6 hr
Jun 6, 2:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	McPherson	40 min
Jun 6, 2:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hooker, McPherson, Thomas	48 min
Jun 6, 2:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln	44 min
Jun 6, 2:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha	45 min
Jun 6, 2:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln, Perkins	46 min
Jun 6, 3:20 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Cherry	6 hr
Jun 6, 3:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha	45 min
Jun 6, 3:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Rock	47 min
Jun 6, 4:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	63 min
Jun 6, 4:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	65 min
Jun 6, 4:30 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Keith, Lincoln, Perkins	3 hr
Jun 6, 4:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	38 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.