Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 57, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2008, 8:07 PM CDT for Brown County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 min. 4 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 17, 2008, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2008, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Brown County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:08 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Ainsworth, NE | |
| Jun 17, 8:21 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Long Pine, NE | DEPUTY REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND. |
| Jun 17, 8:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 N Ainsworth, NE | WINDOWS BROKEN IN HOME BY WIND DRIVEN HAIL. |
| Jun 17, 8:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 10 S Ainsworth, 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 17, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1304 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1015 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 180107 TORLBF NEC017-180145- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0057.080618T0107Z-080618T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 807 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BROWN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF AINSWORTH... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 806 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR AINSWORTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... AINSWORTH BY 815 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 4239 9966 4230 9989 4261 10004 4268 9986 TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 328DEG 19KT 4258 9991 $$ 13
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 180119 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 819 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008 NEC017-180145- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-080618T0145Z/ BROWN NE- 819 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL BROWN COUNTY... AT 805 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AINSWORTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 7 MILE MARKER 40 BY 825 PM CDT... HIGHWAY 7 MILE MARKER 30 BY 845 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4239 9966 4230 9989 4261 10004 4268 9986 TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 334DEG 18KT 4252 9988 $$ 13
000
WWUS53 KLBF 180131
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
832 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008
NEC017-180145-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-080618T0145Z/
BROWN NE-
832 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BROWN COUNTY...
AT 827 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 7 MILE
MARKER 40...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF AINSWORTH...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HIGHWAY 7 MILE MARKER 30 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 4256 9977 4255 9977 4250 9973 4249 9973
4247 9971 4243 9969 4239 9966 4230 9989
4258 9997 4262 9981
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 351DEG 22KT 4244 9988
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha, Rock | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 20 min |
| Jun 17, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Garden, Grant, Sheridan | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Loup, Rock | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Hooker | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Garfield, Loup | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Cherry, Grant, Hooker, Logan, McPherson and 1 more | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes, Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Loup | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 24 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.