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Tornado Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE

May 7, 2016Chase County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2016, 7:04 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 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: May 7, 2016, 7:04 PM MDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2016, 7:30 PM MDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Chase County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 7, 2:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

947 
WFUS53 KLBF 080104
TORLBF
NEC029-080130-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0002.160508T0104Z-160508T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
704 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT
    
* AT 703 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  HOLYOKE...MOVING NORTH 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...
  LAMAR AROUND 715 PM MDT. 

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 4070 10205 4070 10180 4035 10191 4035 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 181DEG 41KT 4042 10206 

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

$$

TAYLOR

2 follow-up statements

657 
WWUS53 KLBF 080117
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
717 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016

NEC029-080130-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160508T0130Z/
CHASE NE-
717 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR WESTERN
CHASE COUNTY...
    
AT 717 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
HOLYOKE...MOVING NORTH AT 35 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...
  LAMAR AROUND 730 PM MDT. 

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 4070 10205 4070 10180 4042 10189 4042 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 183DEG 29KT 4048 10205 

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

$$

TAYLOR

633 
WWUS53 KLBF 080130
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
730 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016

NEC029-080140-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160508T0130Z/
CHASE NE-
730 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN CHASE 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4070 10205 4070 10180 4042 10189 4042 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 181DEG 41KT 4048 10205 

$$

ROBERG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 6:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	32 min
May 7, 7:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	48 min
May 7, 7:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Chase	50 min
May 7, 8:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	44 min
May 7, 11:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	46 min
May 8, 3:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	35 min
May 8, 3:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	28 min
May 8, 3:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	39 min
May 8, 4:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	24 min
May 8, 4:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	41 min
May 8, 4:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	38 min
May 8, 5:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	29 min
May 8, 5:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	22 min
May 8, 5:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan	37 min
May 8, 5:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield, Loup	31 min
May 8, 5:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	29 min
May 8, 5:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry	27 min
May 8, 5:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	23 min
May 8, 5:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry	33 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.