Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 67, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2008, 5:38 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 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 26, 2008, 5:38 PM MDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2008, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 5:40 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Se Brownlee, NE | HAIL LASTED FOR 25 MINUTES. STRONG WINDS ALSO REPORTED BUT SPEED UNKNOWN. |
| Jun 26, 6:00 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | Brownlee, 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 26, 5:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 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 262339 TORLBF NEC031-270015- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0067.080626T2338Z-080627T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 638 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 635 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BROWNLEE... OR 21 MILES NORTH OF THEDFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 12 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BROWNLEE BY 645 PM CDT... HIGHWAY 83 CROSSING THE NORTH LOUP RIVER BY 705 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4221 10034 4212 10055 4228 10077 4238 10064 TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 297DEG 10KT 4227 10067 $$ MASEK
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 262350 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 650 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 NEC031-270015- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-080627T0015Z/ CHERRY NE- 650 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY... AT 649 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BROWNLEE...OR 20 MILES NORTH OF THEDFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 83 CROSSING THE NORTH LOUP RIVER BY 655 PM CDT... 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 160 BY 710 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4221 10034 4212 10055 4228 10077 4238 10064 TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 295DEG 17KT 4226 10060 $$ MASEK
000 WWUS53 KLBF 270009 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 708 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 NEC031-270018- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-080627T0015Z/ CHERRY NE- 708 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT/615 PM MDT/... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST CHERRY COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4221 10034 4212 10055 4228 10077 4238 10064 TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 295DEG 17KT 4222 10050 $$ MASEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden, Keith | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 8:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 9:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 1:55 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 4:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Sheridan | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden, Keith | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 5:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 5:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 5:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 5:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, McPherson | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 47 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.