Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 26, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2008, 8:14 PM CDT for Blaine County, Thomas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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 3, 2008, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Blaine County, NE, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 040114 TORLBF NEC009-171-040200- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0026.080604T0114Z-080604T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 814 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... CENTRAL THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF THEDFORD... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR THEDFORD... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HALSEY BY 845 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. 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. LAT...LON 4201 10000 4183 9998 4184 10066 4203 10064 TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 271DEG 24KT 4191 10055 $$ 13
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 040136 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 836 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 NEC009-171-040200- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080604T0200Z/ BLAINE NE-THOMAS NE- 836 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL THOMAS AND WEST CENTRAL BLAINE COUNTIES... AT 834 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HALSEY...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 2 MILE MARKER 230 BY 845 PM CDT... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4201 10000 4183 9998 4184 10066 4203 10064 TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 277DEG 26KT 4188 10033 $$ 13
000
WWUS53 KLBF 040153
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
853 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008
NEC171-040203-
/O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080604T0200Z/
THOMAS NE-
853 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL THOMAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4201 10013 4201 10000 4184 9999 4183 9998
4183 10025 4202 10025 4202 10015 4202 10013
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 283DEG 32KT 4184 10013
$$
NEC009-040200-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080604T0200Z/
BLAINE NE-
853 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL BLAINE COUNTY...
AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 2 MILE MARKER 230...OR 17 MILES
WEST OF BREWSTER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4201 10013 4201 10000 4184 9999 4183 9998
4183 10025 4202 10025 4202 10015 4202 10013
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 283DEG 32KT 4184 10013
$$
13000
WWUS53 KLBF 040203
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
900 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008
NEC009-040210-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080604T0200Z/
BLAINE NE-
900 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BLAINE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS. SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS SOUTHERN BLAINE COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF DUNNING.
LAT...LON 4201 10013 4201 10000 4184 9999 4183 9998
4183 10025 4202 10025 4202 10015 4202 10013
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 283DEG 32KT 4182 10005
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hooker, Thomas | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Logan, Thomas | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 4:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LBF | Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Custer and 15 more | 49 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 18 min |
| Jun 4, 5:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Frontier | 84 min |
| Jun 4, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 6:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LBF | Holt | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Chase | 113 min |
| Jun 4, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 14 min |
| Jun 4, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Grant, Sheridan | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 32 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.