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Tornado Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE

May 22, 2016Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2016, 3:44 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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, 3:44 PM MDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2016, 4:18 PM MDT
In force: 34 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), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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 22, 2:20 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 198 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: 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.

332 
WFUS53 KLBF 222144
TORLBF
NEC031-222230-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0005.160522T2144Z-160522T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
444 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 530 PM CDT/430 PM MDT/
    
* AT 444 PM CDT/344 PM MDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KILGORE...OR 14
  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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
  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 4281 10082 4290 10103 4300 10092 4300 10053
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 228DEG 25KT 4289 10084 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

ROBERG

2 follow-up statements

930 
WWUS53 KLBF 222201
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
501 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

NEC031-222230-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160522T2230Z/
CHERRY NE-
501 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT/430 PM MDT/
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...
    
AT 500 PM CDT/400 PM MDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF KILGORE...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST
OF VALENTINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROOKSTON.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 181 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 4286 10075 4297 10094 4300 10092 4300 10053
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 228DEG 15KT 4295 10078 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

ROBERG

226 
WWUS53 KLBF 222218
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
518 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

NEC031-222226-
/O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160522T2230Z/
CHERRY NE-
518 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT/900 PM MDT/ FOR
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT/500 PM MDT.

LAT...LON 4286 10075 4297 10094 4300 10092 4300 10053
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 228DEG 25KT 4303 10066 

$$

ROBERG

The 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, 3:05 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	40 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.