Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 2015, 7:32 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 min. 2 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
- Aug 7, 2015, 7:32 PM MDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2015, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Chase County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:36 PM MDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 Sw Champion, NE | |
| Aug 7, 7:52 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 5 S Champion, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KLBF 080132
TORLBF
NEC029-080200-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0013.150808T0132Z-150808T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
732 PM MDT FRI AUG 7 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 800 PM MDT
* AT 732 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAMPION...OR 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4035 10192 4043 10187 4044 10165 4035 10158
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 270DEG 13KT 4036 10179
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
MARTIN2 follow-up statements
342
WWUS53 KLBF 080139
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
739 PM MDT FRI AUG 7 2015
NEC029-080200-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150808T0200Z/
CHASE NE-
739 PM MDT FRI AUG 7 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY...
AT 738 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPION...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
IMPERIAL...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4035 10188 4043 10184 4044 10165 4035 10158
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 270DEG 13KT 4036 10176
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
MARTIN664
WWUS53 KLBF 080151
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
751 PM MDT FRI AUG 7 2015
NEC029-080200-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150808T0200Z/
CHASE NE-
751 PM MDT FRI AUG 7 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY...
AT 751 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPION...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF
IMPERIAL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4035 10183 4043 10178 4044 10165 4035 10158
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 270DEG 13KT 4036 10170
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
MARTINThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 6:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Deuel | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 6:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Chase | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 6:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 7:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Grant, McPherson | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 7:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 7:39 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Chase | 5 hr |
| Aug 7, 7:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 7:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hooker, Thomas | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 7:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 8:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 8:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 8:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hayes | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 8:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Frontier | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 8:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 5 hr |
| Aug 7, 8:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 9:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 46 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.