Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 61, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2008, 5:19 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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 20, 2008, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2008, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Custer County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 5:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 W Callaway, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 425 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 202219 TORLBF NEC041-202245- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0061.080620T2219Z-080620T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 519 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 515 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CALLAWAY...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARNOLD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 23 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CALLAWAY BY 535 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL 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 4128 9962 4116 10015 4139 10017 4144 10006 TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 320DEG 20KT 4134 10006 $$ GARNER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 202229 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 528 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008 NEC041-202245- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-080620T2245Z/ CUSTER NE- 528 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY... AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 40 MILE MARKER 20...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARNOLD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 23 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CALLAWAY BY 535 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4116 10015 4136 10016 4141 9997 4128 9962 TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 327DEG 20KT 4128 10002 $$ GARNER
000 WWUS53 KLBF 202243 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 542 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008 NEC041-202252- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-080620T2245Z/ CUSTER NE- 542 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT. LAT...LON 4116 10015 4136 10016 4141 9997 4128 9962 TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 327DEG 20KT 4121 9996 $$ GARNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 49 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.