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Tornado Warning 7, NWS North Platte, NE

June 16, 2014Garfield County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2014, 7:12 PM CDT for Garfield County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2014, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.25 in

County Garfield County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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
Jun 16, 7:30 PM CDT	TORNADO	10 Ene Burwell, NE
Jun 16, 7:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	11 Nne Burwell, NE
Jun 16, 7:42 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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: 1402 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

492 
WFUS53 KLBF 170012
TORLBF
NEC071-170045-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0007.140617T0012Z-140617T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
712 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 709 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF BURWELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF GARFIELD COUNTY...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GABLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4204 9877 4176 9876 4174 9917 4190 9917
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 250DEG 18KT 4185 9901

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

STOPPKOTTE

2 follow-up statements

761 
WWUS53 KLBF 170027
SVSLBF

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

NEC071-170045-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140617T0045Z/
GARFIELD NE-
727 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GARFIELD COUNTY UNTIL 745
PM CDT...

AT 723 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF FORT
HARTSUFF STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GABLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4204 9877 4176 9876 4174 9917 4190 9917
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 250DEG 18KT 4186 9894

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

STOPPKOTTE

802 
WWUS53 KLBF 170038
SVSLBF

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

NEC071-170045-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140617T0045Z/
GARFIELD NE-
738 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GARFIELD COUNTY UNTIL 745
PM CDT...

AT 733 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
FORT HARTSUFF STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GABLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4204 9877 4176 9876 4174 9917 4190 9917
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 272DEG 17KT 4184 9888

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	48 min
Jun 16, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Keya Paha	38 min
Jun 16, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Garfield, Wheeler	33 min
Jun 16, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield, Holt, Wheeler	51 min
Jun 16, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield, Holt, Wheeler	46 min
Jun 16, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd	44 min
Jun 16, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield, Holt	43 min
Jun 17, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	42 min
Jun 17, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	40 min
Jun 17, 5:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Cherry	34 min
Jun 17, 5:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	27 min
Jun 17, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	46 min
Jun 17, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Cherry	31 min
Jun 17, 6:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Cherry	34 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.