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Tornado Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2024, 5:30 PM MDT for Keith County, Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 min. 7 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 23, 2024, 5:30 PM MDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2024, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 5:35 PM MDT | TORNADO | 2 Wsw Brule, NE | Trained spotter reported a tornado. |
| May 23, 5:46 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | Brule, NE | Fire department reported ping pong sized hail in Brule. |
| May 23, 5:49 PM MDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 S Ogallala, NE | |
| May 23, 5:53 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Ogallala, NE | |
| May 23, 5:56 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 1 S Ogallala, NE | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). |
| May 23, 5:56 PM MDT | HAIL 2.75 | 1 S Ogallala, NE | Report from mPING: Baseball (2.75 in.). |
| May 23, 5:56 PM MDT | HAIL 2.75 | 1 Sse Ogallala, NE | Report from mping. |
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 23, 2:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1275 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 450 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KLBF 232330
TORLBF
NEC101-135-240015-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0004.240523T2330Z-240524T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
530 PM MDT Thu May 23 2024
The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Perkins County in southwestern Nebraska...
Southwestern Keith County in southwestern Nebraska...
* Until 615 PM MDT.
* At 530 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Brule, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
Brule around 535 PM MDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Megeath.
This includes the following highways...
Highway 61 between mile markers 74 and 86.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 109 and 128.
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 4101 10205 4115 10203 4114 10168 4092 10167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 278DEG 27KT 4107 10197
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
Taylor2 follow-up statements
102
WWUS53 KLBF 232337
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
537 PM MDT Thu May 23 2024
NEC101-135-240015-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-240524T0015Z/
Perkins NE-Keith NE-
537 PM MDT Thu May 23 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL PERKINS AND SOUTHWESTERN KEITH COUNTIES...
At 537 PM MDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Brule, or 9
miles east of Big Springs, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornado will be near...
Brule around 540 PM MDT.
Ogallala around 545 PM MDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Megeath.
This includes the following highways...
Highway 61 between mile markers 74 and 86.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 109 and 128.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4101 10205 4115 10203 4114 10168 4092 10167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 269DEG 26KT 4109 10190
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
Taylor876
WWUS53 KLBF 232346
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
546 PM MDT Thu May 23 2024
NEC101-135-240015-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-240524T0015Z/
Perkins NE-Keith NE-
546 PM MDT Thu May 23 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL PERKINS AND SOUTHWESTERN KEITH COUNTIES...
At 545 PM MDT, a confirmed tornado was located 5 miles west of
Ogallala. Moving east at 30 MPH.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter 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 tornado will be near...
Ogallala around 550 PM MDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Megeath.
This includes the following highways...
Highway 61 between mile markers 74 and 86.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 109 and 128.
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 4101 10205 4115 10203 4114 10168 4092 10167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 270DEG 28KT 4111 10181
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
TaylorThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 3:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 58 min |
| May 23, 3:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 51 min |
| May 23, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 46 min |
| May 23, 4:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden, Grant, Sheridan | 28 min |
| May 23, 4:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 60 min |
| May 23, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden, Keith | 45 min |
| May 23, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 41 min |
| May 23, 4:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden, Keith | 35 min |
| May 23, 5:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Keith, Perkins | 49 min |
| May 23, 5:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 35 min |
| May 23, 5:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 24 min |
| May 23, 5:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 38 min |
| May 23, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson | 48 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.