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Tornado Warning 8, NWS North Platte, NE

June 16, 2014Garfield County, Wheeler County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2014, 7:42 PM CDT for Garfield County, Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2014, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2014, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.25 in

Counties Garfield County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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

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The text

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

478 
WFUS53 KLBF 170042
TORLBF
NEC071-183-170115-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0008.140617T0042Z-140617T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHWESTERN WHEELER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 737 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF FORT HARTSUFF STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT 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...
  ERICSON AROUND 810 PM CDT.
  BARTLETT AROUND 815 PM CDT.

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 4173 9878 4173 9897 4191 9898 4194 9850
      4174 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 272DEG 17KT 4184 9884

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements

517 
WWUS53 KLBF 170057
SVSLBF

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

NEC071-183-170115-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140617T0115Z/
GARFIELD NE-WHEELER NE-
757 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN WHEELER AND
SOUTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 756 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ERICSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
  BARTLETT AROUND 815 PM CDT.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4173 9878 4173 9897 4191 9898 4194 9850
      4174 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 258DEG 19KT 4186 9873

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

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918 
WWUS53 KLBF 170116
SVSLBF

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

NEC071-183-170125-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140617T0115Z/
GARFIELD NE-WHEELER NE-
816 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WHEELER AND SOUTHEASTERN
GARFIELD COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

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

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4173 9878 4173 9897 4191 9898 4194 9850
      4174 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 258DEG 19KT 4186 9873

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Garfield	33 min
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, 7:54 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

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.