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Tornado Warning 18, NWS North Platte, NE

June 1, 2008Cherry County, Nebraska

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 2:29 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2008-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 192 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2008-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

MASEK
1 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

$$

MASEK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 6:05 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCuster25 min
Jun 1, 3:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry60 min
Jun 1, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry65 min
Jun 1, 4:57 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry63 min
Jun 1, 5:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker, Thomas51 min
Jun 1, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan61 min
Jun 1, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry21 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.