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Tornado Warning 9, NWS North Platte, NE

May 24, 2016Chase County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2016, 9:15 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 min. 2 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 24, 2016, 9:15 PM MDT (03:15 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2016, 9:45 PM MDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Chase County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 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 24, 9:40 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 65	Wauneta, NE	WINDS ESTIMATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF WAUNETA OF 60 TO 70 MPH.
May 24, 9:40 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	Wauneta, NE	HAIL POSSIBLY LARGER THAN GOLF BALL CURRENTLY FALLING.

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 24, 6:09 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 1159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.0

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The text

As transmitted.

343 
WFUS53 KLBF 250315
TORLBF
NEC029-250345-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0009.160525T0315Z-160525T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
915 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 945 PM MDT
    
* AT 915 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR ENDERS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 10
  MILES SOUTH OF IMPERIAL...MOVING EAST 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ENDERS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA AND ENDERS AROUND 930 PM 
  MDT. 
  WAUNETA AROUND 945 PM MDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CHURCH
GROVE CAMPGROUND...CENTER DAM CAMPGROUND AND AREA A CAMPGROUND.

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 4035 10173 4044 10174 4051 10134 4035 10134
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 263DEG 23KT 4036 10164 

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

$$

TAYLOR

1 follow-up statement

468 
WWUS53 KLBF 250328
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
928 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016

NEC029-250345-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160525T0345Z/
CHASE NE-
928 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CHASE COUNTY...
    
AT 928 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ENDERS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 11 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF IMPERIAL...MOVING EAST 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WAUNETA AROUND 945 PM MDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CHURCH
GROVE CAMPGROUND...CENTER DAM CAMPGROUND AND AREA A CAMPGROUND.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 30.
 
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 4035 10173 4044 10174 4051 10134 4035 10134
TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 263DEG 23KT 4037 10153 

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

$$

TAYLOR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 6:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Deuel	45 min
May 24, 7:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	43 min
May 24, 7:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Deuel, Garden	52 min
May 24, 7:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	39 min
May 24, 8:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith, Perkins	42 min
May 24, 8:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	25 min
May 24, 8:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel, Keith, Perkins	50 min
May 24, 8:21 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Chase	24 min
May 24, 8:44 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Chase	31 min
May 24, 8:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	46 min
May 24, 9:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln, Perkins	45 min
May 24, 9:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hayes	52 min
May 24, 9:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	51 min
May 24, 9:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	50 min
May 24, 9:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan, Thomas	47 min
May 24, 10:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	40 min
May 24, 10:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes	45 min
May 24, 10:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Loup	52 min
May 24, 10:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown, Keya Paha	50 min
May 24, 10:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	56 min
May 24, 10:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	48 min
May 24, 10:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase	46 min
May 24, 11:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Boyd, Garfield, Holt, Rock, Wheeler	61 min
May 24, 11:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase	45 min
May 25, 12:06 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Boyd, Garfield, Holt, Wheeler	54 min
May 25, 12:22 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins	38 min
May 25, 12:59 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith	46 min
May 25, 1:22 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	38 min
May 25, 2:01 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Perkins	44 min
May 25, 1:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	46 min
May 25, 2:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	41 min
May 25, 2:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	46 min
May 25, 3:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	48 min
May 25, 4:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	38 min
May 25, 4:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith, Perkins	48 min
May 25, 5:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	43 min
May 25, 5:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Chase	43 min
May 25, 5:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	65 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.