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Tornado Warning 68, NWS North Platte, NE

July 5, 2008Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2008, 2:42 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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: Jul 5, 2008, 2:42 PM MDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2008, 3:15 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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
Jul 5, 2:53 PM MDT	HAIL 1	Valentine, 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 1379 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -311 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 052042
TORLBF
NEC031-052115-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0068.080705T2042Z-080705T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
342 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VALENTINE...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 339 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  VALENTINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 19 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  VALENTINE BY 350 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 4282 10030 4278 10066 4287 10071 4300 10062
      4300 10041
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 241DEG 16KT 4286 10059

$$

GARNER

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 052055
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
355 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008

NEC031-052115-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-080705T2115Z/
CHERRY NE-
355 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 349 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VALENTINE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 18 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHWAY 12 MILE MARKER 10 BY 415 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 4282 10030 4280 10048 4279 10051 4280 10053
      4279 10056 4279 10059 4287 10066 4300 10060
      4299 10041
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 241DEG 16KT 4289 10052

$$

GARNER

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 1:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	51 min
Jul 5, 2:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	40 min
Jul 5, 2:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	46 min
Jul 5, 3:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	30 min
Jul 5, 3:12 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	19 min
Jul 5, 3:17 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	28 min
Jul 5, 3:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	38 min
Jul 5, 3:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	47 min
Jul 5, 3:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	23 min
Jul 5, 3:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	39 min
Jul 5, 4:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	43 min
Jul 5, 4:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	48 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.