Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 19, NWS North Platte, NE
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2:21 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
POWER2 follow-up statements
141
WWUS53 KLBF 070032
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
632 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016
NEC031-070045-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160707T0045Z/
CHERRY NE-
632 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...
AT 631 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF MULLEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 72 AND 81.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4210 10132 4226 10143 4225 10100 4210 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 277DEG 26KT 4215 10129
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
POWER239
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
$$
POWERThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha, Rock | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 6:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, McPherson | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant, Hooker | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 6:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, McPherson, Thomas | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 6:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, McPherson | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 7:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Hooker, McPherson | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 7:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, McPherson | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 7:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 19 min |
| Jul 6, 7:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, McPherson | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 7:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Thomas | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 7:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Holt | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 8:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 8:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Loup | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 8:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Frontier, Hayes | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 8:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 8:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 8:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 8:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Holt | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 8:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln | 13 min |
| Jul 6, 8:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 8:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 9:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Frontier | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 9:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 9:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 9:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 20 min |
| Jul 6, 11:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown, Rock | 50 min |
| Jul 6, 11:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown, Rock | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 12:20 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Holt, Rock | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 53 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.