Tornado Warning 45, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Jun 5, 2008, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)

Expired

Jun 5, 2008, 2:45 PM CDT

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Lincoln County, NE

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS53 KLBF 051914
TORLBF
NEC063-085-111-051945-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0045.080605T1914Z-080605T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
214 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...
  NORTHEASTERN HAYES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 206 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  NEAR HAYES CENTER STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR 5 MILES
  NORTH OF HAYES CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WELLFLEET BY 225 PM CDT...
  9 MILES NORTHWEST OF HANSEN MEMORIAL RESERVE STATE WILDLIFE
  MANAGEMENT AREA BY 235 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 4107 10091 4065 10045 4053 10108 4065 10120
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 234DEG 43KT 4068 10092

$$

GARNER

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 051926
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
226 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

NEC063-085-111-051945-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080605T1945Z/
LINCOLN NE-HAYES NE-FRONTIER NE-
226 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN FRONTIER...NORTHEASTERN HAYES AND SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN
COUNTIES...

AT 223 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 83 MILE
MARKER 60...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF CURTIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 57
MPH.

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 4071 10116 4107 10091 4074 10054 4073 10054
      4071 10051 4070 10051 4067 10048 4062 10098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 231DEG 49KT 4081 10077

$$

GARNER

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.