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Tornado Warning 19, NWS North Platte, NE

July 6, 2016Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2016, 6:16 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 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
Jul 6, 2016, 6:16 PM MDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2016, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2862 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2862 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
298 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
28.9

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The text

As transmitted.

276 
WFUS53 KLBF 070016
TORLBF
NEC031-070045-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0019.160707T0016Z-160707T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT
    
* AT 615 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITMAN...OR 22 MILES
  WEST OF MULLEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 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
  SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
  HIRE AND WHITMAN ROAD CROSSING THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE MIDDLE LOUP
  RIVER.

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 10155 4226 10153 4225 10100 4210 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 277DEG 26KT 4216 10145 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

POWER
2 follow-up statements
141 
WWUS53 KLBF 070032
SVSLBF

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

NEC031-070045-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160707T0045Z/
CHERRY NE-
632 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...
    
AT 631 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF MULLEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 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
SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 72 AND 81.
 
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 10132 4226 10143 4225 10100 4210 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 277DEG 26KT 4215 10129 

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

$$

POWER
239 
WWUS53 KLBF 070042
SVSLBF

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

NEC031-070052-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160707T0045Z/
CHERRY NE-
642 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
645 PM MDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4210 10132 4226 10143 4225 10100 4210 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 277DEG 26KT 4215 10129 

$$

POWER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 6:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Grant29 min
Jul 6, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha, Rock47 min
Jul 6, 6:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, McPherson29 min
Jul 6, 6:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Grant, Hooker30 min
Jul 6, 6:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker, McPherson, Thomas36 min
Jul 6, 6:44 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLBFArthur, McPherson31 min
Jul 6, 6:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln29 min
Jul 6, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock60 min
Jul 6, 7:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Hooker, McPherson29 min
Jul 6, 7:14 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLBFKeith, Lincoln, McPherson31 min
Jul 6, 7:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas19 min
Jul 6, 7:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, McPherson32 min
Jul 6, 7:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Brown, Thomas29 min
Jul 6, 7:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHolt31 min
Jul 6, 8:01 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln29 min
Jul 6, 8:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Loup28 min
Jul 6, 8:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier, Hayes49 min
Jul 6, 8:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, Logan, McPherson34 min
Jul 6, 8:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBrown46 min
Jul 6, 8:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster49 min
Jul 6, 8:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHolt46 min
Jul 6, 8:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Lincoln13 min
Jul 6, 8:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Lincoln, Logan36 min
Jul 6, 8:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, Logan, McPherson30 min
Jul 6, 9:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier39 min
Jul 6, 9:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster23 min
Jul 6, 9:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, Logan32 min
Jul 6, 9:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Lincoln, Logan20 min
Jul 6, 11:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBrown, Rock50 min
Jul 6, 11:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBrown, Rock50 min
Jul 7, 12:20 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHolt, Rock40 min
Jul 7, 5:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase53 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.