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Tornado Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE

May 8, 2016Frontier County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2016, 7:29 PM CDT for Frontier County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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: May 8, 2016, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Frontier County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 8, 7:30 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 N Stockville, NE	BRIEF TORNADO

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
May 8, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 67 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: 411 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

867 
WFUS53 KLBF 090029
TORLBF
NEC063-090115-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0003.160509T0029Z-160509T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
729 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL FRONTIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 728 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR STOCKVILLE...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CURTIS...
  MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STOCKVILLE AROUND 740 PM CDT. 
  MOOREFIELD AROUND 800 PM CDT. 
  CURTIS AROUND 805 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WILLOW
VIEW CAMPGROUND...FREEDOM...BLUEGILL HAVEN CAMPGROUND...DANCING LEAF
EARTH LODGE...QUICK AND RED WILLOW RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA.

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 4069 10002 4036 10043 4036 10074 4069 10051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 137DEG 20KT 4051 10033 

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

$$

ROBERG

3 follow-up statements

699 
WWUS53 KLBF 090044
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
744 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

NEC063-090115-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160509T0115Z/
FRONTIER NE-
744 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
FRONTIER COUNTY...
    
AT 743 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR STOCKVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CURTIS...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CURTIS AND MOOREFIELD AROUND 805 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WILLOW
VIEW CAMPGROUND...FREEDOM...BLUEGILL HAVEN CAMPGROUND...DANCING LEAF
EARTH LODGE...QUICK AND RED WILLOW RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 36.
 
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 4069 10002 4036 10043 4036 10074 4069 10051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 144DEG 18KT 4058 10038 

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

$$

ROBERG

049 
WWUS53 KLBF 090055
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
755 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

NEC063-090115-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160509T0115Z/
FRONTIER NE-
755 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
FRONTIER COUNTY...
    
AT 755 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOOREFIELD...OR 12 MILES EAST OF
CURTIS...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHERN FRONTIER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: DANCING
LEAF EARTH LODGE.

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 4069 10002 4047 10030 4054 10061 4069 10051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 163DEG 14KT 4063 10029 

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

$$

ROBERG

274 
WWUS53 KLBF 090110
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
810 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

NEC063-090119-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160509T0115Z/
FRONTIER NE-
810 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN FRONTIER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
815 PM CDT...
                
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.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NORTH PLATTE.

LAT...LON 4069 10002 4047 10030 4054 10061 4069 10051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 137DEG 20KT 4063 10029 

$$

ROBERG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	39 min
May 8, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Holt	40 min
May 8, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt, Rock	30 min
May 8, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Loup, Rock	39 min
May 8, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	31 min
May 8, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield	25 min
May 8, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln	38 min
May 8, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	34 min
May 8, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	30 min
May 8, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	31 min
May 9, 12:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LBF	Garden	27 days
May 9, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Boyd	48 min
May 9, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Boyd	45 min
May 9, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hooker	43 min
May 9, 6:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	6 hr
May 9, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	45 min
May 9, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan, McPherson	39 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.