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Tornado Warning 14, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 2015, 5:06 PM CDT for Garfield County, Loup County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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
- Sep 9, 2015, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2015, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties 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 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 5:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 11 Nw Burwell, NE | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AND LARGE LIMB DOWNED DUE TO WIND |
| Sep 9, 5:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Burwell, NE | HAIL LASTED ABOUT 5 MINUTES |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 463 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
697
WFUS53 KLBF 092206
TORLBF
NEC071-115-092245-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0014.150909T2206Z-150909T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
506 PM CDT WED SEP 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
SOUTHEASTERN LOUP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 505 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CALAMUS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...
OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF TAYLOR...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CALAMUS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA AROUND 525 PM CDT.
BURWELL AROUND 545 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE NUNDA
SHOAL CAMPGROUND...HANNAMON BAYOU CAMPGROUND...DEVERRE...HORSESHOE
BEND LAKE...VALLEY VIEW FLAT CAMPGROUND...KENT DIVERSION DAM STATE
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...VIRGINIA SMITH DAM AND HOMESTEAD KNLLS
CAMPGROUND.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 183 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 129 AND 136.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.
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.
IF ON OR NEAR CALAMUS RESERVOIR...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE
TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO
DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A
THUNDERSTORM.
&&
LAT...LON 4174 9918 4174 9929 4191 9944 4203 9927
4188 9898
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 315DEG 11KT 4192 9929
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BUTTLER1 follow-up statement
473
WWUS53 KLBF 092226
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
526 PM CDT WED SEP 9 2015
NEC071-115-092245-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150909T2245Z/
GARFIELD NE-LOUP NE-
526 PM CDT WED SEP 9 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN GARFIELD AND SOUTHEASTERN LOUP COUNTIES...
AT 524 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER CALAMUS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF TAYLOR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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
SOUTHWESTERN GARFIELD AND SOUTHEASTERN LOUP COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...NUNDA SHOAL CAMPGROUND...HANNAMON BAYOU
CAMPGROUND...DEVERRE...HORSESHOE BEND LAKE...VALLEY VIEW FLAT
CAMPGROUND...KENT DIVERSION DAM STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...
VIRGINIA SMITH DAM AND HOMESTEAD KNLLS CAMPGROUND.
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.
IF ON OR NEAR CALAMUS RESERVOIR...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE
TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO
DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A
THUNDERSTORM.
&&
LAT...LON 4174 9918 4174 9929 4191 9944 4203 9927
4188 9898
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 332DEG 18KT 4186 9927
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BUTTLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 11:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 38 min |
| Sep 9, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | 40 min |
| Sep 9, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown, Holt, Rock | 52 min |
| Sep 9, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 24 min |
| Sep 9, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 15 min |
| Sep 9, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Frontier | 44 min |
| Sep 9, 3:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Holt | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Rock | 55 min |
| Sep 9, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 37 min |
| Sep 9, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock | 58 min |
| Sep 9, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Wheeler | 57 min |
| Sep 9, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Valley | 41 min |
| Sep 9, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Loup | 58 min |
| Sep 9, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Valley | 46 min |
| Sep 9, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Wheeler | 41 min |
| Sep 9, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield | 19 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.