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Tornado Warning 6, NWS North Platte, NE

May 22, 2016Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2016, 5:37 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 min. 4 reports 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 22, 2016, 5:37 PM MDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2016, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 38 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), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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
May 22, 5:40 PM MDT	HAIL 1	Valentine, NE
May 22, 5:43 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 61	Valentine, NE
May 22, 5:54 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 66	1 E Valentine, NE	DELAYED REPORT FROM SUNDAY...MAY 22ND. WIND GUST WAS MEASURED USING CWOP DAVIS WX E7498 EQUIPMENT, WITH OPEN EXPOSURE.
May 22, 6:20 PM MDT	HAIL 1	4 Ne Valentine, NE

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 22, 2:20 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.

593 
WFUS53 KLBF 222337
TORLBF
NEC031-230015-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0006.160522T2337Z-160523T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
637 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
    
* AT 637 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR 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...
  VALENTINE AROUND 655 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SCHLAGEL CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING
THE NIOBRARA RIVER.

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 4271 10057 4276 10072 4297 10064 4289 10037
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 214DEG 24KT 4279 10061 

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

$$

ROBERG

2 follow-up statements

303 
WWUS53 KLBF 222346
SVSLBF

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

NEC031-230015-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160523T0015Z/
CHERRY NE-
646 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY...
    
AT 644 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR 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 INCLUDES VALENTINE. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 191 AND 204.
 HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 132 AND 141.
 HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 203 AND 219.

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 4271 10057 4276 10072 4297 10064 4289 10037
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 220DEG 25KT 4283 10055 

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

$$

ROBERG

832 
WWUS53 KLBF 230007
SVSLBF

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

NEC031-230016-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160523T0015Z/
CHERRY NE-
707 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
715 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHEAST CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4271 10057 4276 10072 4297 10064 4289 10037
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 214DEG 24KT 4283 10055 

$$

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, 3:44 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, 5:40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.