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Tornado Warning 6, NWS North Platte, NE

June 14, 2015Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2015, 12:27 PM CDT for Lincoln 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 14, 2015, 12:27 PM CDT (17:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

County Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 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
Jun 14, 12:28 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Se North Platte, NE	A WEAK LAND SPOUT TYPE TORNADO WAS SPOTTED FROM THE WEATHER OFFICE AT LEE BIRD FIELD.
Jun 14, 12:33 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 Se North Platte, NE	OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE SPOTTED A TORNADO LOOKING NORTH FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE.
Jun 14, 12:36 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Se North Platte, NE	A WEAK LAND SPOUT TYPE TORNADO WAS SPOTTED FROM THE WEATHER OFFICE AT LEE BIRD FIELD.

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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 11 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: 452 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 949 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

768 
WFUS53 KLBF 141727
TORLBF
NEC111-141800-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0006.150614T1727Z-150614T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1227 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1225 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF 
LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA...AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 181 AND 184.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 76.

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 4113 10069 4103 10051 4092 10067 4102 10078
TIME...MOT...LOC 1727Z 063DEG 1KT 4102 10067

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

TAYLOR

2 follow-up statements

461 
WWUS53 KLBF 141743
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1243 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015

NEC111-141800-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150614T1800Z/
LINCOLN NE-
1243 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY
UNTIL 100 PM CDT...

AT 1242 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA...AND MOVING WEST
AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 181 AND 185.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 76.

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 4113 10069 4103 10051 4092 10067 4102 10078
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 106DEG 9KT 4104 10076

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

TAYLOR

211 
WWUS53 KLBF 141756
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1256 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015

NEC111-141806-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150614T1800Z/
LINCOLN NE-
1256 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4113 10069 4103 10051 4092 10067 4102 10078
TIME...MOT...LOC 1756Z 106DEG 9KT 4105 10080

$$

TAYLOR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 12:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Custer	25 min
Jun 14, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Grant	42 min
Jun 14, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Grant	51 min
Jun 14, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Garden, Grant, Hooker	47 min
Jun 14, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur	46 min
Jun 14, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	34 min
Jun 14, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Rock	48 min
Jun 14, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln, Perkins	38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.