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Tornado Warning 48, NWS North Platte, NE

June 5, 2008Brown County, Rock County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2008, 3:06 PM CDT for Brown County, Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2008, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2008, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 39 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), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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.

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 153 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 052006
TORLBF
NEC017-149-052045-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0048.080605T2006Z-080605T2045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  ROCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BASSETT...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 305 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ROSE...OR
  19 MILES NORTHEAST OF BREWSTER...MOVING NORTH AT 29 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TWIN LAKES STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 335 PM CDT...

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.

LAT...LON 4224 10007 4265 9973 4264 9925 4209 9924
      4208 9976
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 193DEG 25KT 4214 9961

$$

KAR

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 052017
SVSLBF

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

NEC017-149-052045-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-080605T2045Z/
ROCK NE-BROWN NE-
317 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
BROWN AND ROCK COUNTIES...

AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSE...OR 25 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BREWSTER...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TWIN LAKES STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 330 PM CDT...
  HIGHWAY 183 MILE MARKER 170 BY 340 PM CDT...
  PONY LAKE BY 345 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 4224 10007 4265 9973 4264 9925 4209 9924
      4208 9976
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 198DEG 26KT 4222 9951

$$

KAR

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 052030
SVSLBF

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

NEC017-149-052045-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-080605T2045Z/
ROCK NE-BROWN NE-
330 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
BROWN AND ROCK COUNTIES...

AT 328 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PONY LAKE...OR 18
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BASSETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 58 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWPORT BY 345 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 4224 10007 4265 9973 4264 9925 4209 9924
      4208 9976
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 217DEG 50KT 4238 9934

$$

KAR

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, 3:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Lincoln	17 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

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.