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Tornado Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2015, 5:00 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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
- May 24, 2015, 5:00 PM MDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2015, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
535
WFUS53 KLBF 242300
TORLBF
NEC031-242330-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0005.150524T2300Z-150524T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
500 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 530 PM MDT
* AT 457 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF GORDON...AND WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 445 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED TWO TORNADOES 10 MILES EAST OF GORDON. THEY HAVE
SINCE LIFTED.
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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN
CHERRY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BAYONNE AND
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 20 AND IRWIN ROAD.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 114 AND 126.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4288 10184 4274 10186 4275 10206 4289 10208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 339DEG 1KT 4280 10200
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CDC2 follow-up statements
134
WWUS53 KLBF 242318
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
618 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
NEC031-242330-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150524T2330Z/
CHERRY NE-
518 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY
UNTIL 530 PM MDT...
AT 514 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF GORDON...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 445 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED TWO TORNADOES 10 MILES EAST OF GORDON. THEY HAVE
SINCE LIFTED. ANOTHER SPOTTER PHOTOGRAPHED A SMALL
TORNADO NEAR THE SAME TIME.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 114 AND 126.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4288 10184 4274 10186 4275 10206 4289 10208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 048DEG 3KT 4276 10204
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CDC563 WWUS53 KLBF 242328 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 628 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 NEC031-242338- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150524T2330Z/ CHERRY NE- 528 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4288 10184 4274 10186 4275 10206 4289 10208 TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 048DEG 3KT 4275 10205 $$ CDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 10:33 AM MDT | River Flood Advisory | LBF | Garden, Keith | 42 days |
| May 24, 4:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.