Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2019, 6:41 PM CDT for Frontier County, Nebraska. It was in force for 49 min. 5 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 17, 2019, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2019, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Frontier County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 6:43 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Nnw Stockville, NE | REPORT VIA MPING. TIME BASED ON RADAR. |
| May 17, 6:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Ne Stockville, NE | DELAYED REPORT FROM MAY 17TH, REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WITH PICTURE. THEY WERE LOCATED AT 7 MILES EAST OF STOCKVILLE ON HWY 18 LOOKING WNW JUST NORTH OF STOCKVILLE, ESTIMATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF STOCKVILLE. |
| May 17, 6:56 PM CDT | TORNADO | Nw Stockville, NE | DELAYED REPORT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN A HALF MILE NORTHWEST OF STOCKVILLE AT 2356Z AND MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS HARVESTED FARM GROUND BEFORE DISSIPATING AT 2358Z. NO DAMAGE OCCURRED WITH THE TORNADO RATED AS AN EF-0 WITH WINDS ESTIMATED TO 70 MPH. |
| May 17, 6:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Ne Stockville, NE | BRIEF ROPE TORNADO ONE THE GROUND FOR A SHORT TIME |
| May 17, 7:09 PM CDT | TORNADO | 10 Ne Stockville, NE | TORNADO ON THE GROUND VIA LIVE STREAM |
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 17, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -721 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1114 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KLBF 172341
TORLBF
NEC063-180030-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0003.190517T2341Z-190518T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
641 PM CDT Fri May 17 2019
The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Frontier County in southwestern Nebraska...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 641 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Stockville, or 9 miles southeast of Curtis, moving
northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
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...
Moorefield around 705 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Quick,
Freedom and Dancing Leaf Earth Lodge.
This includes Highway 83 between mile markers 32 and 36.
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 4042 10035 4042 10069 4069 10053 4070 9997
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 214DEG 21KT 4052 10040
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
JWS1 follow-up statement
729
WWUS53 KLBF 180000
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
700 PM CDT Fri May 17 2019
NEC063-180030-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190518T0030Z/
Frontier NE-
700 PM CDT Fri May 17 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
FRONTIER COUNTY...
At 700 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Stockville, or 10
miles east of Curtis, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Frontier County, including the following locations... Quick,
Freedom and Dancing Leaf Earth Lodge.
This includes Highway 83 between mile markers 32 and 36.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4042 10035 4042 10069 4069 10053 4070 9997
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 214DEG 21KT 4061 10032
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
JWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hayes | 25 min |
| May 16, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Perkins | 37 min |
| May 16, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keith | 52 min |
| May 16, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 30 min |
| May 16, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Dawson | 30 min |
| May 16, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keith | 25 min |
| May 16, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 52 min |
| May 16, 9:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | McPherson | 35 min |
| May 17, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Thomas | 52 min |
| May 17, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Thomas | 42 min |
| May 17, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Custer, Loup, Rock | 38 min |
| May 17, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 36 min |
| May 17, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 48 min |
| May 17, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 32 min |
| May 17, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden, Keith | 42 min |
| May 17, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown | 45 min |
| May 17, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Loup, Rock | 46 min |
| May 17, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown, Rock | 28 min |
| May 17, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden, Keith | 40 min |
| May 17, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 44 min |
| May 17, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha | 31 min |
| May 17, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown | 28 min |
| May 17, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 38 min |
| May 17, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Holt | 33 min |
| May 17, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 47 min |
| May 17, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keya Paha | 43 min |
| May 17, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 42 min |
| May 17, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes | 53 min |
| May 17, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 17 min |
| May 17, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant, Hooker, McPherson | 47 min |
| May 17, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Rock | 45 min |
| May 17, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Boyd | 12 min |
| May 17, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha, Rock | 39 min |
| May 17, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Blaine | 49 min |
| May 17, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes, Lincoln | 24 min |
| May 17, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry, Thomas | 41 min |
| May 17, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker | 47 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.