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Tornado Warning 6, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT for Frontier County, Hayes County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 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
- May 6, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 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), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 6:27 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 S Wellfleet, NE | |
| May 6, 6:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Sw Maywood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 062259 TORLBF NEC063-085-111-062345- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0006.080506T2300Z-080506T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 600 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 645 PM CDT * AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF WELLFLEET...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYES CENTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 24 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WELLFLEET BY 615 PM CDT... MAYWOOD BY 630 PM CDT... MAYWOOD BY 635 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4077 10055 4054 10060 4063 10108 4082 10099 TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 294DEG 21KT 4069 10088 $$ 13
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 062321 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 621 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008 NEC063-085-111-062345- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080506T2345Z/ LINCOLN NE-HAYES NE-FRONTIER NE- 621 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN FRONTIER...NORTHEASTERN HAYES AND SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES... AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WELLFLEET...OR 13 MILES WEST OF CURTIS...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MAYWOOD AND 8 MILES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 40 BY 630 PM CDT... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4077 10055 4054 10060 4063 10108 4082 10099 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 276DEG 29KT 4067 10072 $$ 13
000 WWUS53 KLBF 062346 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 646 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008 NEC063-085-111-062356- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080506T2345Z/ LINCOLN NE-HAYES NE-FRONTIER NE- 646 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HAYES AND SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING AND NO LONGER POSED A TORNADO THREAT TO NORTHEASTERN HAYES OR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY. SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THIS AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4077 10055 4054 10060 4063 10108 4082 10099 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 276DEG 29KT 4067 10072 $$ 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, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 29 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, 6:19 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.