Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 30, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2008, 4:41 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 min. 3 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, 4:41 PM MDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chase County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 5:13 PM MDT | TORNADO | 6 S Champion, NE | TRAINED SPOTTERS SIGHTED TORNADO PICKING UP DEBRIS. |
| Jun 4, 5:19 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | Champion, NE | |
| Jun 4, 5:20 PM MDT | TORNADO | 4 Sse Champion, NE | TORNADO REPORTED TO HAVE HEAVILY DAMAGED FARMSTEAD BUT NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. |
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, 12:42 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLBF 042240
TORLBF
NEC029-042315-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0030.080604T2241Z-080604T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
441 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 515 PM MDT
* AT 439 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CHAMPION...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 41 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHAMPION BY 505 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 800 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4034 10204 4035 10206 4045 10206 4063 10188
4035 10152 4034 10153 4033 10194
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 224DEG 35KT 4037 10199
$$
GARNER1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLBF 042254
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
554 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
NEC029-042315-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-080604T2315Z/
CHASE NE-
454 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR WESTERN
CHASE COUNTY...
AT 449 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HIGHWAY 6 MILE MARKER 10...OR 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HIGHWAY 6 MILE MARKER 10 AND 7 MILES WEST OF CHAMPION BY 515 PM
MDT...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4034 10204 4035 10206 4045 10206 4063 10188
4035 10152 4034 10153 4033 10194
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 227DEG 21KT 4041 10197
$$
GARNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 6:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 6:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 6:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hooker, Thomas | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Logan, Thomas | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 7:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Thomas | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 7:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 8:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 3:17 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | LBF | Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Custer and 15 more | 49 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 3:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 3:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 4:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 18 min |
| Jun 4, 4:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Frontier | 84 min |
| Jun 4, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 5:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 5:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | LBF | Holt | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:22 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Chase | 113 min |
| Jun 4, 5:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 5:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 14 min |
| Jun 4, 5:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Grant, Sheridan | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 5:58 PM MDT | 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.