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Tornado Warning 70, NWS North Platte, NE

July 5, 2008Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2008, 3:17 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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: Jul 5, 2008, 3:17 PM MDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2008, 3:45 PM MDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 3:40 PM MDT	HAIL 1	18 S Valentine, NE	WINDS TO 50 MPH IN ADDITION TO THE HAIL.
Jul 5, 3:44 PM MDT	HAIL 1.25	17 S Valentine, 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
Jul 5, 3:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 052117
TORLBF
NEC031-052145-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0070.080705T2117Z-080705T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 414 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BIG ALKALI
  LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF
  VALENTINE...MOVING EAST AT 16 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BIG ALKALI LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...7 MILES SOUTH OF
  SCHLAGEL CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND 7 MILES NORTH OF
  VALENTINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE BY 430 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4276 10049 4251 10052 4255 10076 4272 10075
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 266DEG 14KT 4262 10067

$$

GARNER

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 052133
SVSLBF

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

NEC031-052145-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-080705T2145Z/
CHERRY NE-
433 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 428 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BIG ALKALI LAKE
STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE...
MOVING EAST AT 16 MPH.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4275 10050 4274 10049 4262 10051 4251 10052
      4254 10073 4274 10062 4276 10049
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 266DEG 14KT 4262 10059

$$

GARNER

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 052143
SVSLBF

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

NEC031-052153-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-080705T2145Z/
CHERRY NE-
443 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 
445 PM CDT 345 PM MDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4275 10050 4274 10049 4262 10051 4251 10052
      4254 10073 4274 10062 4276 10049
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 266DEG 14KT 4262 10054

$$

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, 2:42 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	33 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, 3:22 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.