Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 44, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2008, 1:48 PM CDT for Frontier County, Hayes County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 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 5, 2008, 1:48 PM CDT (18:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2008, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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 5, 2:06 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 Nnw Hayes Center, NE | A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED BY THE COUNTY SHERIFF. |
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 5, 10:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 051848 TORLBF NEC063-085-111-051915- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0044.080605T1848Z-080605T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 148 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN FRONTIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... HAYES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAYES CENTER... SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 146 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF HAYES CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 41 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HAYES CENTER BY 155 PM CDT... HAYES CENTER STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 205 PM CDT... 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. LAT...LON 4088 10098 4055 10061 4042 10121 4053 10131 TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 235DEG 36KT 4053 10113 $$ GARNER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 051859 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 159 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 NEC063-085-111-051915- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-080605T1915Z/ LINCOLN NE-HAYES NE-FRONTIER NE- 159 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN FRONTIER...HAYES AND SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES... AT 155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HAYES CENTER... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 44 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HAYES CENTER STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 205 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4088 10098 4055 10061 4042 10121 4053 10131 TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 237DEG 38KT 4058 10104 $$ GARNER
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, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes | 29 min |
| 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, 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.