Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 41, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2008, 9:01 PM CDT for Hayes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 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, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hayes County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 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, 9:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 9 S Hayes Center, 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, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 1552 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 968 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 050201 TORLBF NEC085-050230- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0041.080605T0201Z-080605T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 901 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HAYES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAYES CENTER... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 858 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HAMLET...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAYES CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTH OF HAYES CENTER BY 915 PM CDT... 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 400 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4059 10078 4035 10078 4035 10133 4051 10133 TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 257DEG 29KT 4040 10113 $$ CDC
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 050206 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 906 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 NEC085-050230- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080605T0230Z/ HAYES NE- 906 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN HAYES COUNTY... AT 903 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PALISADE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAYES CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTH OF HAYES CENTER BY 915 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SOFTBALL SIZE NEAR AND NORTH OF PALISADE WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4059 10078 4035 10078 4035 10133 4051 10133 TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 257DEG 29KT 4041 10108 $$ CDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes, Lincoln | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 7:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Hayes | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Cherry, Garden, Grant, Sheridan | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes, Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 8:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Hayes | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 12:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Frontier | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 6:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 6:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Chase | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 6:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 8:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Perkins | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 8:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 9:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, McPherson | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 9:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha, Rock | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 9:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 10:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Thomas | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha, Rock | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Lincoln | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Logan, Thomas | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 27 min |
| Jun 5, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jun 5, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 17 min |
| Jun 5, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 19 min |
| Jun 5, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Garfield, Loup | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 5:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Boyd, Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 5:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 29 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.