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Tornado Warning 20, NWS North Platte, NE

July 6, 2016Arthur County, McPherson County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2016, 6:44 PM MDT for Arthur County, McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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, 6:44 PM MDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2016, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Arthur County, NE, McPherson County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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, 6:55 PM MDT	TORNADO	15 Se Arthur, NE	ESTIMATED LOCATION.

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, 2:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 78 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: 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.

309 
WFUS53 KLBF 070044
TORLBF
NEC005-117-070115-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0020.160707T0044Z-160707T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ARTHUR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  WESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT/715 PM MDT/

* AT 744 PM CDT/644 PM MDT/...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12
  MILES EAST OF ARTHUR...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHEASTERN ARTHUR AND WESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: CALORA...SCHNICK LAKE...BUCKTAIL
  LAKE...BUCKTAIL... SAND BEACH LAKE...DIAMOND BAR LAKE...FLATTS AND
  BIG LAMUNYON FLATS.

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 4175 10121 4174 10106 4147 10092 4139 10157
      4139 10159 4156 10168
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 248DEG 41KT 4154 10144 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

ET

2 follow-up statements

288 
WWUS53 KLBF 070057
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
757 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

NEC005-117-070115-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160707T0115Z/
ARTHUR NE-MCPHERSON NE-
757 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT/715 PM MDT/
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ARTHUR AND SOUTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES...
    
AT 757 PM CDT/657 PM MDT/...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 18 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ARTHUR...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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...
SCHNICK LAKE...BUCKTAIL LAKE AND DIAMOND BAR LAKE. 

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 185 AND 192.
 
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 4140 10151 4149 10157 4159 10118 4144 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 250DEG 35KT 4144 10137 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

ET

722 
WWUS53 KLBF 070105
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
805 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

NEC005-070115-
/O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160707T0115Z/
ARTHUR NE-
805 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ARTHUR COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4158 10121 4159 10119 4145 10112 4142 10132
      4142 10136 4141 10136 4141 10140 4153 10141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 252DEG 27KT 4145 10132 

$$

NEC117-070115-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160707T0115Z/
MCPHERSON NE-
805 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY...
    
AT 805 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 19 MILES NORTH OF
SARBEN...OR 20 MILES WEST OF TRYON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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...
SCHNICK LAKE AND DIAMOND BAR LAKE. 

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 185 AND 192.
 
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 4158 10121 4159 10119 4145 10112 4142 10132
      4142 10136 4141 10136 4141 10140 4153 10141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 252DEG 27KT 4145 10132 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

ET

The 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, 6:16 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	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, 6:46 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 Tornado observed	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.