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Tornado Warning 29, NWS North Platte, NE

June 4, 2008Frontier County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2008, 5:27 PM CDT for Frontier County, Nebraska. It was in force for 18 min. 1 report 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, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2008, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Frontier County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 5:39 PM CDTHAIL 0.882 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 4, 1:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 2008-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 285 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2008-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 042227
TORLBF
NEC063-042245-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0029.080604T2227Z-080604T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
527 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...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EUSTIS...OR
  17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 26 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

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 4063 10017 4070 10016 4070 9998 4069 9997
      4054 9997 4053 10011
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 242DEG 23KT 4064 9998

$$

GARNER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 042246
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
546 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008

NEC063-042256-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080604T2245Z/
FRONTIER NE-
546 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4063 10017 4070 10016 4070 9998 4069 9997
      4054 9997 4053 10011
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 242DEG 23KT 4064 9998

$$

GARNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry, Hooker, Thomas51 min
Jun 3, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry, Hooker, Thomas40 min
Jun 3, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHooker, Thomas43 min
Jun 3, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer, Logan, Thomas24 min
Jun 3, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBlaine, Thomas46 min
Jun 3, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster50 min
Jun 3, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster46 min
Jun 4, 4:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchLBFBlaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Custer and 15 more49 hr
Jun 4, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Lincoln39 min
Jun 4, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFFrontier24 min
Jun 4, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFFrontier, Lincoln33 min
Jun 4, 5:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFFrontier84 min
Jun 4, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Perkins52 min
Jun 4, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFChase34 min
Jun 4, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFChase31 min
Jun 4, 6:15 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLBFHolt5 hr
Jun 4, 6:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFChase113 min
Jun 4, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFChase, Hayes25 min
Jun 4, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFChase14 min
Jun 4, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden, Grant, Sheridan55 min
Jun 4, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFChase, Hayes32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.