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Tornado Warning 6, NWS North Platte, NE

June 16, 2014Custer County, Garfield County, Loup County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2014, 6:41 PM CDT for Custer County, Garfield County, Loup County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2014, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Emergency: Tornado emergency
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties Custer County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Loup County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7:00 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 N Burwell, NE	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR
Jun 16, 7:05 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	8 N Burwell, NE
Jun 16, 7:10 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Ne Burwell, NE

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 PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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: 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

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The text

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

369 
WFUS53 KLBF 162341
TORLBF
NEC041-071-115-170015-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0006.140616T2341Z-140617T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
641 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...
  SOUTHERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LOUP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 637 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR BURWELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
           WILL BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
           HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
           BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION
           POSSIBLE.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BURWELL AROUND 650 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 4178 9879 4173 9899 4173 9920 4167 9921
      4165 9926 4182 9936 4199 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 253DEG 19KT 4177 9919

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

STOPPKOTTE

2 follow-up statements

266 
WWUS53 KLBF 162347
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
647 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

NEC041-071-115-170015-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140617T0015Z/
CUSTER NE-GARFIELD NE-LOUP NE-
647 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR BURWELL...

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOUP...
SOUTHERN GARFIELD AND NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM
CDT...

AT 641 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE...VIOLENT AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BURWELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR BURWELL. TAKE COVER
NOW. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DEADLY TORNADO.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL
         BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
         VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE.

THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN CUSTER...
SOUTHEASTERN LOUP AND SOUTHERN GARFIELD COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 4178 9879 4173 9899 4173 9920 4167 9921
      4165 9926 4182 9936 4199 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 253DEG 19KT 4178 9916

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

STOPPKOTTE

886 
WWUS53 KLBF 162358
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
658 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

NEC041-170008-
/O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140617T0015Z/
CUSTER NE-
658 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4178 9879 4173 9899 4174 9919 4174 9921
      4182 9936 4199 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 244DEG 19KT 4181 9908

$$

NEC071-115-170015-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140617T0015Z/
GARFIELD NE-LOUP NE-
658 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOUP AND
SOUTHERN GARFIELD COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 655 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR BURWELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL
         BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
         VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DEVERRE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4178 9879 4173 9899 4174 9919 4174 9921
      4182 9936 4199 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 244DEG 19KT 4181 9908

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

STOPPKOTTE

The 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, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Custer, Garfield, Loup	30 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.