Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 31, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2008, 5:14 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 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, 5:14 PM MDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chase County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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, 5:19 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. |
| Jun 4, 5:45 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | Imperial, 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, 12:42 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 042315 TORLBF NEC029-042345- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0031.080604T2314Z-080604T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 514 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF IMPERIAL... * UNTIL 545 PM MDT * AT 512 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPION...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 26 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CHAMPION BY 520 PM MDT... IMPERIAL AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ENDERS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA BY 530 PM MDT... 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ENDERS BY 535 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 4049 10187 4068 10153 4034 10145 4034 10185 TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 230DEG 23KT 4043 10173 $$ GARNER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 042329 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 628 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 NEC029-042345- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080604T2345Z/ CHASE NE- 528 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR EASTERN CHASE COUNTY... AT 512 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHAMPION...OR NEAR IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 24 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ENDERS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA AND IMPERIAL BY 535 PM MDT... ENDERS BY 540 PM MDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4049 10187 4068 10153 4034 10145 4034 10185 TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 238DEG 21KT 4045 10163 $$ GARNER
The 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, 4:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 34 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.