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Tornado Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2022, 4:58 PM MDT for Keith County, Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 17 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
- Jul 26, 2022, 4:58 PM MDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2022, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 425 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
151
WFUS53 KLBF 262258
TORLBF
NEC101-135-262315-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0005.220726T2258Z-220726T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
458 PM MDT Tue Jul 26 2022
The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Perkins County in southwestern Nebraska...
South central Keith County in southwestern Nebraska...
* Until 515 PM MDT.
* At 453 PM MDT, a confirmed tornado was located 3 miles southwest
of Roscoe, or near Ogallala, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters 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
northeastern Perkins and south central Keith Counties.
This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska near mile marker 135.
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 4109 10167 4112 10156 4096 10136 4090 10161
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 321DEG 23KT 4106 10163
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
$$
Brown1 follow-up statement
941
WWUS53 KLBF 262310
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
510 PM MDT Tue Jul 26 2022
NEC101-135-262319-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-220726T2315Z/
Perkins NE-Keith NE-
510 PM MDT Tue Jul 26 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PERKINS AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KEITH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
portions of south central Keith and northeastern Perkins counties
until 545 PM MDT.
LAT...LON 4109 10167 4112 10156 4096 10136 4090 10161
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 316DEG 23KT 4101 10155
$$
BrownThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 9:20 PM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LBF | Custer, Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln, Logan | 8 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:01 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 1:48 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 27 min |
| Jul 26, 1:58 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 17 min |
| Jul 26, 2:44 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 31 min |
| Jul 26, 4:06 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 24 min |
| Jul 26, 4:07 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 23 min |
| Jul 26, 2:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Loup | 32 min |
| Jul 26, 2:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Wheeler | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 3:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Garden | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 3:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Wheeler | 24 min |
| Jul 26, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden, Keith | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 4:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 23 min |
| Jul 26, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 34 min |
| Jul 26, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 38 min |
| Jul 26, 4:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Wheeler | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 21 min |
| Jul 26, 4:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 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.