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Tornado Warning 18, NWS North Platte, NE

July 6, 2016Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2016, 5:43 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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, 5:43 PM MDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2016, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
32 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), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 6, 5:52 PM MDTFUNNEL CLOUD10 N Hyannis, NE
Jul 6, 6:03 PM MDTFUNNEL CLOUD15 Ne 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 6, 2:21 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 961 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
961 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-393 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

517 
WFUS53 KLBF 062343
TORLBF
NEC031-070015-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0018.160706T2343Z-160707T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT
    
* AT 542 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASHBY...OR 41 MILES WEST
  OF MULLEN...MOVING EAST AT 25 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
  SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
  WHITMAN ROAD CROSSING THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE MIDDLE LOUP RIVER...
  MOTHER LAKE AND DIPPING VAT MEADOW.

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 4210 10189 4227 10193 4237 10149 4210 10144
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 260DEG 20KT 4220 10182 

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

$$

POWER
2 follow-up statements
816 
WWUS53 KLBF 062354
SVSLBF

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

NEC031-070015-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160707T0015Z/
CHERRY NE-
554 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY...
        
AT 553 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTH OF
HYANNIS...OR 37 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR 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...
WHITMAN ROAD CROSSING THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE MIDDLE LOUP RIVER AND
MOTHER LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND 181.
 
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 4210 10183 4228 10187 4237 10149 4210 10144
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 260DEG 20KT 4221 10173 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

POWER
139 
WWUS53 KLBF 070001
SVSLBF

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

NEC031-070015-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160707T0015Z/
CHERRY NE-
601 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY...
        
AT 601 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WHITMAN...OR 33 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR 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...
WHITMAN ROAD CROSSING THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE MIDDLE LOUP RIVER.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 181.
 
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 4210 10171 4231 10174 4237 10149 4210 10144
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 260DEG 26KT 4222 10165 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

POWER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 6:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster13 min
Jul 5, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan43 min
Jul 5, 6:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHayes39 min
Jul 5, 7:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGrant38 min
Jul 5, 8:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFMcPherson43 min
Jul 6, 3:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Garden38 min
Jul 6, 3:17 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFSheridan43 min
Jul 6, 3:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur25 min
Jul 6, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry35 min
Jul 6, 3:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur31 min
Jul 6, 3:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan31 min
Jul 6, 4:04 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFSheridan26 min
Jul 6, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur34 min
Jul 6, 4:29 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFSheridan31 min
Jul 6, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan29 min
Jul 6, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan32 min
Jul 6, 4:57 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLBFGrant, Sheridan33 min
Jul 6, 5:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry29 min
Jul 6, 5:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry41 min
Jul 6, 5:16 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLBFCherry29 min
Jul 6, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson27 min
Jul 6, 5:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant, Hooker36 min
Jul 6, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry, Keya Paha43 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.