Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2016, 3:05 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 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 22, 2016, 3:05 PM MDT (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2016, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2:20 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 902 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 499 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
660
WFUS53 KLBF 222105
TORLBF
NEC031-222145-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0004.160522T2105Z-160522T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
405 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT/345 PM MDT/
* AT 405 PM CDT/305 PM MDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF KILGORE...OR 18
MILES WEST OF VALENTINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
KILGORE AROUND 410 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ANDERSON BRIDGE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND CROOKSTON.
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 4276 10087 4282 10112 4299 10097 4300 10053
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 232DEG 24KT 4282 10092
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
ROBERG1 follow-up statement
340
WWUS53 KLBF 222119
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
419 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
NEC031-222145-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160522T2145Z/
CHERRY NE-
419 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT/345 PM MDT/
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...
AT 418 PM CDT/318 PM MDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KILGORE...OR
16 MILES WEST OF VALENTINE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
CROOKSTON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 172 AND 189.
HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 221 AND 222.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4281 10082 4286 10107 4299 10097 4300 10053
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 221DEG 21KT 4288 10088
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
ROBERGThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:48 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 15 days |
| May 22, 2:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| May 22, 2:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 32 min |
| May 22, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 60 min |
| May 22, 3:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 34 min |
| May 22, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 62 min |
| May 22, 4:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 61 min |
| May 22, 5:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 38 min |
| May 22, 5:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Logan | 35 min |
| May 22, 5:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.