Tornado Warning 56, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Jun 17, 2008, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)

Expired

Jun 17, 2008, 8:45 PM CDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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.

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 180059
TORLBF
NEC071-089-180145-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0056.080618T0059Z-080618T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
759 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 757 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 11 MILE MARKER 110...OR 25 MILES NORTH OF
  BURWELL...MOVING SOUTH AT 26 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHWAY 11 MILE MARKER 110 BY 815 PM CDT...
  6 MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 11 MILE MARKER 100 BY 835 PM CDT...

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 MIDNIGHT CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4182 9876 4181 9910 4216 9912 4218 9881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 354DEG 23KT 4212 9900

$$

13

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 180117
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
817 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

NEC071-089-180145-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080618T0145Z/
GARFIELD NE-HOLT NE-
817 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL HOLT AND GARFIELD COUNTIES...

AT 814 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 11 MILE
MARKER 110...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURWELL...MOVING SOUTH AT 25
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 11 MILE MARKER 100 BY 840 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT 
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4182 9876 4181 9910 4216 9912 4218 9881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 351DEG 20KT 4202 9898

$$

13

Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 2008Every tornado warning in 2008Tornadoes in 2008

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.