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Tornado Warning 12, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2016, 6:41 PM MDT for Grant County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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 28, 2016, 6:41 PM MDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2016, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Grant County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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 28, 7:07 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 4 Nw Hyannis, NE | IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS ALSO FELL. |
| Jun 28, 7:07 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Nw Hyannis, NE | 70 MPH WIND DRIVEN HAIL |
| Jun 28, 7:10 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 5 W Hyannis, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 1:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1615 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted.
612
WFUS53 KLBF 290041
TORLBF
NEC075-290115-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0012.160629T0041Z-160629T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
641 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 715 PM MDT
* AT 640 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
HYANNIS...OR 32 MILES NORTH OF ARTHUR...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HYANNIS AROUND 645 PM MDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE PRATT
LAKE...SWEDE LAKE...SPRING VALLEY LAKE AND DULUTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4209 10195 4209 10167 4181 10151 4177 10196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 344DEG 29KT 4204 10180
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
TAYLOR3 follow-up statements
924
WWUS53 KLBF 290054
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
654 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
NEC075-290115-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160629T0115Z/
GRANT NE-
654 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
GRANT COUNTY...
AT 654 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF HYANNIS...OR 34 MILES NORTH
OF ARTHUR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HYANNIS AROUND 700 PM MDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE PRATT
LAKE...SWEDE LAKE...SPRING VALLEY LAKE AND DULUTH.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 152.
HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 141 AND 165.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4209 10195 4209 10167 4181 10151 4177 10196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 330DEG 40KT 4207 10181
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
TAYLOR137
WWUS53 KLBF 290059 CCA
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
659 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
NEC075-290115-
/O.COR.KLBF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160629T0115Z/
GRANT NE-
659 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
GRANT COUNTY...
AT 659 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HYANNIS...OR 33 MILES NORTH OF ARTHUR...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 45 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
CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: PRATT
LAKE... SWEDE LAKE...SPRING VALLEY LAKE AND DULUTH.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 152.
HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 141 AND 165.
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 4209 10195 4209 10167 4181 10151 4177 10196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 332DEG 38KT 4207 10181
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
TAYLOR983
WWUS53 KLBF 290121
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
721 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
NEC075-290131-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160629T0115Z/
GRANT NE-
721 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4209 10195 4209 10167 4181 10151 4177 10196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 332DEG 38KT 4207 10181
$$
TAYLORThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 6:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 20 min |
| Jun 28, 6:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Garden, Grant, Sheridan | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.