Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 64, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2008, 10:41 PM MDT for Grant County, Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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
- Jun 23, 2008, 10:41 PM MDT (04:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2008, 11:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 23, 10:45 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 5 S Whitman, NE | |
| Jun 23, 11:04 PM MDT | TORNADO | 22 Sw Mullen, NE | SPOTTER REPORTED APPROXIMATE POSITION FROM SIGHTING DURING LIGHTNING FLASHES AND SEEING DEBRIS. |
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 23, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 1839 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1349 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 9.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLBF 240441
TORLBF
NEC075-091-240515-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0064.080624T0441Z-080624T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1041 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
SOUTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM MDT
* AT 1038 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CARR
LAKE...OR 25 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 22 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL WESTERN HOOKER COUNTY AT 1100 PM MDT
RURAL EASTERN GRANT COUNTY AT 1100 PM MDT
RURAL SOUTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTY AT 1110 PM MDT
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 MDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4193 10123 4175 10131 4176 10154 4199 10166
4206 10150
TIME...MOT...LOC 0441Z 325DEG 21KT 4194 10151
$$
MASEK1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLBF 240454
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1154 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2008
NEC075-091-240515-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-080624T0515Z/
HOOKER NE-GRANT NE-
1054 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM MDT FOR EASTERN
GRANT AND SOUTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTIES...
AT 1051 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF CARR
LAKE...OR 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 24 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL SOUTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTY AT 1110 PM MDT
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4193 10123 4175 10131 4176 10154 4199 10166
4206 10150
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 325DEG 21KT 4188 10145
$$
MASEKThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 6:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 61 min |
| Jun 23, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 61 min |
| Jun 23, 7:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Sheridan | 56 min |
| Jun 23, 7:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 8:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 8:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 9:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 35 min |
| Jun 23, 9:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 9:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 10:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Hooker | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 10:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 40 min |
| Jun 23, 10:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes | 56 min |
| Jun 23, 10:30 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 10:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant, Hooker | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 11:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Grant, Hooker, McPherson | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 11:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Grant, Hooker, McPherson | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 11:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Jun 23, 11:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 40 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.