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Tornado Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE

May 22, 2016Cherry County, Nebraska

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 22, 2:20 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2016-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 902 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2016-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 299 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

ROBERG
1 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

$$

ROBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:48 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningLBFLincoln15 days
May 22, 2:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry46 min
May 22, 2:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry32 min
May 22, 3:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry60 min
May 22, 3:44 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry34 min
May 22, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry62 min
May 22, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry61 min
May 22, 5:37 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry38 min
May 22, 5:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLogan35 min
May 22, 5:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Lincoln, Logan39 min

Nearby

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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.