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Tornado Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT for Custer County, Garfield County, Loup County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 min. 3 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 16, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2014, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Custer County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Loup County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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 16, 6:17 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Taylor, NE | |
| Jun 16, 6:24 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 N Sargent, NE | |
| Jun 16, 6:39 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Burwell, NE | TORNADO ON THE GROUND 3 MILES WEST OF BURWELL. |
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 16, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 2904 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 479 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.8
- Supercell composite
- 31.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KLBF 162315
TORLBF
NEC041-071-115-162345-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0005.140616T2315Z-140616T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
615 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
SOUTHWESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
SOUTHEASTERN LOUP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 613 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TAYLOR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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...
CALAMUS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA AND BURWELL AROUND 640 PM
CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KENT DIVERSION DAM STATE
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...NUNDA SHOAL CAMPGROUND...VIRGINIA SMITH
DAM AND HOMESTEAD KNOLLS CAMPGROUND.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 183 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 128.
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 4173 9919 4173 9920 4172 9921 4163 9940
4173 9953 4196 9916 4181 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 235DEG 22KT 4175 9938
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
STOPPKOTTE2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KLBF 162326
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
626 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
NEC041-071-115-162345-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140616T2345Z/
CUSTER NE-GARFIELD NE-LOUP NE-
626 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOUP...
SOUTHWESTERN GARFIELD AND NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM
CDT...
AT 623 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TAYLOR...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BURWELL AND CALAMUS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA AROUND 640 PM
CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NUNDA SHOAL CAMPGROUND...
VIRGINIA SMITH DAM AND HOMESTEAD KNOLLS CAMPGROUND.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 183 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 127.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT.
&&
LAT...LON 4173 9919 4173 9920 4172 9921 4163 9940
4173 9953 4196 9916 4181 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 235DEG 22KT 4176 9930
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
STOPPKOTTE354
WWUS53 KLBF 162336
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
636 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
NEC041-071-115-162345-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140616T2345Z/
CUSTER NE-GARFIELD NE-LOUP NE-
636 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOUP...
SOUTHWESTERN GARFIELD AND NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM
CDT...
AT 632 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
BURWELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR 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.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BURWELL AROUND 645 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VIRGINIA SMITH DAM AND
HOMESTEAD KNOLLS CAMPGROUND.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 183 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 127.
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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT.
&&
LAT...LON 4173 9919 4173 9920 4172 9921 4163 9940
4173 9953 4196 9916 4181 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 246DEG 21KT 4177 9922
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
STOPPKOTTEThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Loup | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 8:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Loup | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Loup | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer, Garfield, Loup | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock | 44 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.