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Tornado Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE

July 6, 2016Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2016, 3:17 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 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: Jul 6, 2016, 3:17 PM MDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2016, 4:00 PM MDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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
Jul 6, 3:25 PM MDT	HAIL 1	15 S Hay Springs, NE
Jul 6, 3:42 PM MDT	HAIL 1	22 N Lakeside, 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
Jul 6, 2:21 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -380 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 429 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

823 
WFUS53 KLBF 062117
TORLBF
NEC161-062200-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0013.160706T2117Z-160706T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
317 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM MDT
    
* AT 317 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILD HORSE BUTTE...OR 16
  MILES SOUTH OF HAY SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  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
  WEST CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
  SMITH LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND DIAMOND LAKE.

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 4253 10242 4227 10248 4234 10275 4244 10275
      4244 10277 4254 10278 4254 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 280DEG 9KT 4244 10273 

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

$$

POWER

3 follow-up statements

065 
WWUS53 KLBF 062132
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
332 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

NEC161-062200-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160706T2200Z/
SHERIDAN NE-
332 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY...
    
AT 331 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHEAST
OF WILD HORSE BUTTE...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF HAY SPRINGS...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SMITH LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND DIAMOND LAKE. 

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 250 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 29 AND 35.
 
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 4253 10242 4227 10248 4234 10275 4243 10274
      4243 10275 4244 10275 4244 10277 4254 10278
      4254 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 284DEG 11KT 4241 10273 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

POWER

771 
WWUS53 KLBF 062145 RRA
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
345 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

NEC161-062200-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160706T2200Z/
SHERIDAN NE-
345 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY...
    
AT 344 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHEAST
OF WILD HORSE BUTTE...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF HAY SPRINGS...MOVING EAST
AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SMITH LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND DIAMOND LAKE. 

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 250 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 29 AND 35.
 
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 4253 10242 4227 10248 4234 10275 4243 10274
      4243 10275 4244 10275 4244 10277 4254 10278
      4254 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 269DEG 10KT 4242 10267 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

POWER

296 
WWUS53 KLBF 062201
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
401 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

NEC161-062210-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160706T2200Z/
SHERIDAN NE-
401 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 4253 10242 4227 10248 4234 10275 4243 10274
      4243 10275 4244 10275 4244 10277 4254 10278
      4254 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 280DEG 9KT 4242 10267 

$$

POWER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 6:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	13 min
Jul 5, 6:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	43 min
Jul 5, 6:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hayes	39 min
Jul 5, 7:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Grant	38 min
Jul 5, 8:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	43 min
Jul 6, 3:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Garden	38 min
Jul 6, 3:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur	25 min
Jul 6, 3:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	35 min
Jul 6, 3:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur	31 min
Jul 6, 3:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	31 min
Jul 6, 4:04 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Sheridan	26 min
Jul 6, 4:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur	34 min
Jul 6, 4:29 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Sheridan	31 min
Jul 6, 4:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	29 min
Jul 6, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	32 min
Jul 6, 4:57 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Grant, Sheridan	33 min
Jul 6, 5:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	29 min
Jul 6, 5:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	41 min
Jul 6, 5:16 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Cherry	29 min
Jul 6, 5:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	McPherson	27 min
Jul 6, 5:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Grant, Hooker	36 min
Jul 6, 5:43 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	32 min
Jul 6, 5:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha	43 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.