Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 28, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2008, 4:57 PM CDT for Frontier County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 min. 2 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
- Jun 4, 2008, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Frontier County, NE, Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 5:02 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 W Eustis, NE | |
| Jun 4, 5:39 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 N Eustis, NE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 1:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1268 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 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 042157
TORLBF
NEC063-111-042230-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0028.080604T2157Z-080604T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
457 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF
EUSTIS...OR 15 MILES EAST OF CURTIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EUSTIS BY 515 PM CDT...
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 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4059 10039 4085 10022 4085 10021 4082 10020
4074 10021 4070 10020 4070 9998 4069 9997
4057 9997 4049 10024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 236DEG 26KT 4062 10020
$$
GARNER1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLBF 042219
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
518 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
NEC111-042228-
/O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080604T2230Z/
LINCOLN NE-
518 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4065 10022 4070 10020 4070 9998 4069 9997
4057 9997 4057 9998 4049 10024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 238DEG 22KT 4062 10007
$$
NEC063-042230-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080604T2230Z/
FRONTIER NE-
518 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY...
AT 516 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EUSTIS...OR 21
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 26 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EUSTIS BY 525 PM CDT...
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 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4065 10022 4070 10020 4070 9998 4069 9997
4057 9997 4057 9998 4049 10024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 238DEG 22KT 4062 10007
$$
GARNERThe 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, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Thomas | 46 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.