Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 18, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2008, 4:22 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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
- Jun 1, 2008, 4:22 PM MDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2008, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2:29 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLBF 012222
TORLBF
NEC031-012300-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0018.080601T2222Z-080601T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
422 PM MDT SUN JUN 1 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 500 PM MDT/600 PM CDT/
* AT 420 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
STEER CREEK CAMPGROUND...OR 36 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE NORTH LOUP RIVER BY
500 PM MDT...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT SUNDAY
EVENING/1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING/ FOR THE PANHANDLE AND
NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4259 10070 4243 10077 4231 10101 4263 10140
4270 10124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 309DEG 18KT 4260 10116
$$
MASEK1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLBF 012234
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
533 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008
NEC031-012300-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080601T2300Z/
CHERRY NE-
433 PM MDT SUN JUN 1 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT/600 PM CDT/
FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...
AT 430 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SCHOOLHOUSE LAKE...OR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 110 BY 455 PM MDT...
HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 100 AND 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 97
CROSSING THE NORTH LOUP RIVER BY 500 PM MDT...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT SUNDAY
EVENING/1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING/ FOR THE PANHANDLE AND
NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4259 10070 4243 10077 4231 10101 4263 10140
4270 10124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 309DEG 18KT 4257 10110
$$
MASEKThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 4:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, Thomas | 51 min |
| Jun 1, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 5:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 21 min |
Nearby
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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.