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Tornado Warning 7, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 12, 2023, 1:19 PM CDT for Logan County, McPherson County, Thomas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 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 12, 2023, 1:19 PM CDT (18:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2023, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 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 nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 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
- 96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
903
WFUS53 KLBF 121819
TORLBF
NEC113-117-171-121900-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0007.230512T1819Z-230512T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
119 PM CDT Fri May 12 2023
The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Logan County in west central Nebraska...
Northeastern McPherson County in west central Nebraska...
Southwestern Thomas County in north central Nebraska...
* Until 200 PM CDT.
* At 118 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 17 miles south of Thedford, moving west at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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
northwestern Logan...northeastern McPherson and southwestern Thomas
Counties, including the following locations... Highway 83 crossing
The Dismal River.
This includes Highway 83 between mile markers 127 and 135.
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 4180 10050 4170 10048 4162 10078 4183 10083
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 089DEG 21KT 4173 10060
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
JWS2 follow-up statements
014
WWUS53 KLBF 121840
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
140 PM CDT Fri May 12 2023
NEC113-117-171-121900-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-230512T1900Z/
Logan NE-McPherson NE-Thomas NE-
140 PM CDT Fri May 12 2023
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LOGAN...NORTHEASTERN MCPHERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS
COUNTIES...
At 139 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 16 miles north of Ringgold, or 17 miles southwest of
Thedford, moving west at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Logan, northeastern McPherson and southwestern Thomas
Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4181 10062 4167 10060 4162 10078 4183 10083
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 096DEG 18KT 4175 10072
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
JWS905
WWUS53 KLBF 121901
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
201 PM CDT Fri May 12 2023
NEC113-117-171-121911-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-230512T1900Z/
Logan NE-McPherson NE-Thomas NE-
201 PM CDT Fri May 12 2023
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LOGAN...NORTHEASTERN
MCPHERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However heavy
rain is still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 4181 10062 4167 10060 4162 10078 4183 10083
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 089DEG 21KT 4175 10087
$$
JWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Chase, Frontier, Hayes, Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 3 hr |
| May 12, 9:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 23 min |
| May 12, 10:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Arthur, Chase, Hayes, Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 12 hr |
| May 12, 10:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LBF | Hayes | 20 hr |
| May 12, 10:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Keith, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| May 12, 11:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 46 min |
| May 12, 12:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Custer | 8 min |
| May 12, 12:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LBF | Custer | 5 hr |
| May 12, 12:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer, Logan | 38 min |
| May 12, 12:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 41 min |
| May 12, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker | 36 min |
| May 12, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | 45 min |
| May 12, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Loup | 42 min |
| May 12, 2:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Garfield, Loup | 3 hr |
| May 12, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Loup, Wheeler | 50 min |
| May 12, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | 50 min |
| May 12, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer, Logan | 34 min |
| May 12, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 44 min |
| May 12, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 47 min |
| May 12, 5:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Custer | 13 hr |
| May 12, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt | 50 min |
| May 12, 5:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Holt | 4 hr |
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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.