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Tornado Warning 7, NWS North Platte, NE

May 23, 2024Keith County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2024, 6:07 PM MDT for Keith County, Nebraska. It was in force for 23 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 23, 2024, 6:07 PM MDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2024, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Keith County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 76 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: 1132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1257 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

329 
WFUS53 KLBF 240007
TORLBF
NEC101-240030-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0007.240524T0007Z-240524T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
607 PM MDT Thu May 23 2024

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Keith County in southwestern Nebraska...

* Until 630 PM MDT.

* At 607 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Keystone, or 13 miles northeast of Ogallala,
  moving east at 25 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northeastern Keith County, including the following locations... Big
  Bald Hill.

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 4123 10158 4130 10158 4133 10136 4119 10137
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 273DEG 21KT 4127 10155 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

Roberg

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 6:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Perkins	48 min
May 23, 6:16 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Perkins	44 min
May 23, 6:25 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Keith, Lincoln, Perkins	50 min
May 23, 6:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Keith, Lincoln, Perkins	48 min
May 23, 6:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Chase, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins	41 min
May 23, 7:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	LBF	Chase, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins	23 min
May 23, 7:25 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Hayes	30 min
May 23, 7:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	44 min
May 23, 7:34 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Lincoln	26 min
May 23, 7:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Hayes	52 min
May 23, 7:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keya Paha	47 min
May 23, 7:52 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Lincoln	38 min
May 23, 8:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Rock	45 min
May 23, 8:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	65 min
May 23, 8:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	63 min
May 23, 8:18 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes	27 min
May 23, 8:19 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Lincoln	41 min
May 23, 8:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield	39 min
May 23, 9:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	26 min
May 23, 9:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	34 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.