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Tornado Warning 33, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2008, 5:47 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 14 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 4, 2008, 5:47 PM MDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 6:01 PM MDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chase County, NE
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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 042347 TORLBF NEC029-050015- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0033.080604T2347Z-080605T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 547 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF IMPERIAL... * UNTIL 615 PM MDT * AT 544 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY. 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 4056 10173 4061 10157 4034 10151 4034 10168 TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 237DEG 33KT 4051 10160 $$ GARNER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 050001 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 700 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 NEC029-050010- /O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080605T0015Z/ CHASE NE- 600 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CHASE AND WESTERN HAYES COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4056 10173 4061 10157 4034 10151 4034 10168 TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 237DEG 33KT 4057 10147 $$ 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, 5:14 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, 5:50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.