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Tornado Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2008, 5:31 PM CDT for Frontier County, Hayes County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 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
- May 6, 2008, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 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), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 468 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 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 062231 TORLBF NEC063-085-111-062300- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0005.080506T2231Z-080506T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 531 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 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 600 PM CDT * AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF WELLFLEET...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF HAYES CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 21 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WELLFLEET BY 600 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4081 10065 4062 10067 4066 10111 4084 10108 TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 273DEG 18KT 4076 10102 $$ 13
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 062244 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 544 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008 NEC063-085-111-062300- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080506T2300Z/ LINCOLN NE-HAYES NE-FRONTIER NE- 544 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN FRONTIER...NORTHEASTERN HAYES AND SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES... AT 543 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 25 MILE MARKER 50...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF HAYES CENTER... MOVING EAST AT 21 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WELLFLEET AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 60 BY 600 PM CDT... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4081 10065 4062 10067 4066 10111 4084 10108 TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 283DEG 18KT 4072 10094 $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln | 50 min |
| May 6, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry | 42 min |
| May 6, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 47 min |
| May 6, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry | 51 min |
| May 6, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 38 min |
| May 6, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 47 min |
| May 6, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 38 min |
| May 6, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 51 min |
| May 6, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 46 min |
| May 6, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 43 min |
| May 6, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 37 min |
| May 6, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Perkins | 46 min |
| May 6, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 24 min |
| May 6, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 50 min |
| May 6, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln | 44 min |
| May 6, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Loup, Rock | 50 min |
| May 6, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 30 min |
| May 6, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 15 min |
| May 6, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 56 min |
| May 6, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 45 min |
| May 6, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 26 min |
| May 6, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 49 min |
| May 6, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.