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Tornado Warning 47, NWS North Platte, NE

June 5, 2008Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2008, 3:03 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 17 min. 2 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: Jun 5, 2008, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2008, 3:20 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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, 3:21 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	Brady, NE
Jun 5, 3:26 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Brady, 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 5, 10:55 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 23 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 052003
TORLBF
NEC111-052030-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0047.080605T2003Z-080605T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
303 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 300 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  NEAR COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR 19 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  JEFFREY CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...MAXWELL AND BRADY

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL 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 4097 10063 4128 10046 4107 10023 4105 10023
      4104 10021 4089 10021 4085 10042
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 227DEG 27KT 4096 10047

$$

GARNER

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 052020
SVSLBF

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

NEC111-052030-
/O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-080605T2030Z/
LINCOLN NE-
320 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN 
CUSTER...NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...AND SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES 
UNTIL 400 PM CDT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4097 10063 4128 10046 4107 10023 4105 10023
      4104 10021 4089 10021 4085 10042
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 227DEG 27KT 4105 10035

$$

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, 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, 3:06 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.