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Tornado Warning 11, NWS North Platte, NE

June 28, 2016Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2016, 6:08 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 20 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 28, 2016, 6:08 PM MDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2016, 6:28 PM MDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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.

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 28, 1:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

865 
WFUS53 KLBF 290008
TORLBF
NEC161-290045-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0011.160629T0008Z-160629T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
608 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT
    
* AT 608 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSHVILLE...MOVING SOUTH
  AT 35 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
  EAST CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
  ARGO HILL.

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 4246 10242 4264 10239 4263 10222 4227 10207
      4226 10246
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 355DEG 32KT 4253 10232 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

TAYLOR

2 follow-up statements

428 
WWUS53 KLBF 290021
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
621 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016

NEC161-290045-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160629T0045Z/
SHERIDAN NE-
621 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY...
    
AT 621 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSHVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARGO HILL.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 250 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 24.
 
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 4246 10242 4264 10239 4263 10222 4227 10207
      4226 10246
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 335DEG 33KT 4243 10220 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

TAYLOR

676 
WWUS53 KLBF 290028
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
628 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016

NEC161-290037-
/O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160629T0045Z/
SHERIDAN NE-
628 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4246 10242 4264 10239 4263 10222 4227 10207
      4226 10246
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 355DEG 32KT 4237 10219 

$$

TAYLOR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 6:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Garden, Grant, Sheridan	51 min
Jun 28, 6:41 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Grant	34 min
Jun 28, 6:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown	29 min
Jun 28, 6:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown	26 min
Jun 28, 6:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	41 min
Jun 28, 7:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Garden, Grant, Hooker, McPherson	40 min
Jun 28, 7:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	32 min
Jun 28, 7:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown	37 min
Jun 28, 7:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	41 min
Jun 28, 7:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson	50 min
Jun 28, 7:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown	33 min
Jun 28, 8:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Perkins	26 min
Jun 28, 8:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Keya Paha	23 min
Jun 28, 8:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson	35 min
Jun 28, 8:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine	49 min
Jun 28, 8:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins	33 min
Jun 28, 8:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown	40 min
Jun 28, 8:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Custer, Logan, Loup, Rock and 1 more	47 min
Jun 28, 8:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins	64 min
Jun 28, 8:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln, Logan	46 min
Jun 28, 9:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	60 min
Jun 28, 9:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Garfield, Loup	46 min
Jun 28, 9:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Holt	41 min
Jun 28, 9:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	41 min
Jun 28, 9:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln	32 min
Jun 28, 10:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	30 min
Jun 28, 10:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	30 min
Jun 28, 10:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield	43 min
Jun 28, 10:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Wheeler	36 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.