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Tornado Warning 66, NWS North Platte, NE

June 23, 2008Grant County, Hooker County, McPherson County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2008, 11:22 PM MDT for Grant County, Hooker County, McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 2008, 11:22 PM MDT (05:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2008, 11:45 PM MDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE, McPherson County, NE

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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 92 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 240523
TORLBF
NEC075-091-117-240545-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0066.080624T0522Z-080624T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1122 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT/1245 AM CDT/

* AT 1120 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
  TRACKING A TORNADO NEAR EAST CODY LAKE...OR 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  ARTHUR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 17 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EAST CODY LAKE BY 1135 PM MDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TUESDAY MORNING/100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING/ FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4181 10111 4169 10115 4164 10129 4184 10153
      4196 10140
TIME...MOT...LOC 0522Z 328DEG 15KT 4179 10135

$$

MASEK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 240531
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1230 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008

NEC075-091-117-240545-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-080624T0545Z/
MCPHERSON NE-HOOKER NE-GRANT NE-
1130 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT 1245 AM CDT 
 FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRANT...SOUTHWESTERN HOOKER AND NORTHWESTERN 
MCPHERSON COUNTIES...

AT 1129 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST CODY LAKE...
OR 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARTHUR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 17 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EAST CODY LAKE BY 1135 PM MDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TUESDAY MORNING/100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING/ FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4187 10141 4172 10121 4168 10121 4164 10129
      4181 10150
TIME...MOT...LOC 0530Z 328DEG 15KT 4176 10133

$$

MASEK

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 240548
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1246 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008

NEC075-091-117-240556-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-080624T0545Z/
MCPHERSON NE-HOOKER NE-GRANT NE-
1146 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRANT...SOUTHWESTERN HOOKER
AND NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKEN...WIND GUSTS 
UP TO 50 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TUESDAY MORNING/100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING/ FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4187 10141 4172 10121 4168 10121 4164 10129
      4181 10150
TIME...MOT...LOC 0531Z 328DEG 15KT 4176 10133

$$

MASEK

The 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, 10:41 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Grant, Hooker	34 min
Jun 23, 11:12 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Grant, Hooker, McPherson	33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.