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Tornado Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE

May 6, 2008Brown County, Rock County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2008, 4:29 PM CDT for Brown County, Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 min. 4 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
May 6, 2008, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2008, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brown County, NE, Rock County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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
May 6, 4:35 PM CDTHAIL 111 N Rose, NE
May 6, 5:00 PM CDTHAIL 2.512 Ne Rose, NEFIRE CHIEF REPORTED GOLFBALL TO TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL COVERING GROUND TO A DEPTH OF 8 TO 10 INCHES UPON HIS ARRIVAL HOME.
May 6, 5:10 PM CDTHAIL 4.25Rose, NESOFT BALL SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED AT ROSE CHURCH. WINDOWS WERE KNOCKED OUT OF ONE VEHICLE.
May 6, 5:20 PM CDTHAIL 123 Sse Ainsworth, 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
May 6, 12:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2008-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 468 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 2008-05-06The 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
468 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-331 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 062130
TORLBF
NEC017-149-062215-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0004.080506T2129Z-080506T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
429 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHERN ROCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF ROSE...OR 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AINSWORTH...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 31 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TWIN LAKES STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY
  440 PM CDT...
  ROSE BY 445 PM CDT...
  
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT 
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4208 9988 4235 9986 4233 9925 4221 9923
      4220 9924 4215 9924 4214 9922 4209 9923
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 303DEG 27KT 4226 9967

$$

BUTTLER
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 062145
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
445 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008

NEC017-062155-
/O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080506T2215Z/
BROWN NE-
445 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR
WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4210 9964 4233 9964 4233 9925 4223 9923
      4215 9924 4214 9922 4209 9923
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 303DEG 27KT 4219 9954

$$

NEC149-062215-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080506T2215Z/
ROCK NE-
445 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
ROCK COUNTY...

AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSE...OR 24 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BREWSTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 31 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHWAY 183 MILE MARKER 150 BY 450 PM CDT...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR 
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4210 9964 4233 9964 4233 9925 4223 9923
      4215 9924 4214 9922 4209 9923
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 303DEG 27KT 4219 9954

$$

BUTTLER
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 062214
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
514 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008

NEC111-135-062245-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-080506T2245Z/
LINCOLN NE-PERKINS NE-
514 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM
CDT/445 PM MDT/ FOR EAST CENTRAL PERKINS AND SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN
COUNTIES...

AT 509 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 25
MILE MARKER 60...OR 21 MILES NORTH OF HAYES CENTER...MOVING EAST AT
21 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DICKENS BY 530 PM CDT...

HAIL UP TO 1 AND A HALF INCHES IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR 
WALLACE WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE 
IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING/900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING/ FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4100 10086 4078 10083 4075 10138 4093 10141
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 263DEG 18KT 4081 10111

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln50 min
May 6, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry42 min
May 6, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson47 min
May 6, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry51 min
May 6, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln38 min
May 6, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Rock47 min
May 6, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins38 min
May 6, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Lincoln, Logan51 min
May 6, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln43 min
May 6, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Rock37 min
May 6, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, Perkins46 min
May 6, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster24 min
May 6, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt50 min
May 6, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Lincoln44 min
May 6, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLoup, Rock50 min
May 6, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster30 min
May 6, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFFrontier, Hayes, Lincoln29 min
May 6, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln15 min
May 6, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Holt, Wheeler56 min
May 6, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFFrontier, Hayes, Lincoln45 min
May 6, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Hayes26 min
May 6, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFFrontier49 min
May 6, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes30 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.