Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 71, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2008, 3:38 PM MDT for Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 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 14, 2008, 3:38 PM MDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2008, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Perkins County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:45 PM MDT | TORNADO | 13 Nne Brandon, 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -615 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 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 142138 TORLBF NEC135-142215- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0071.080714T2138Z-080714T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 338 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN PERKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 415 PM MDT * AT 336 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRANDON...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF BIG SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BRANDON BY 355 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. LAT...LON 4100 10184 4088 10173 4074 10204 4099 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 263DEG 13KT 4086 10201 $$ KAR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 142156 RRA SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 456 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 NEC135-142215- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-080714T2215Z/ PERKINS NE- 356 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PERKINS COUNTY... AT 352 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRANDON...OR 11 MILES WEST OF GRANT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRANT AT 410 PM MDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4100 10184 4088 10173 4074 10204 4099 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 263DEG 13KT 4087 10192 $$ KAR
000 WWUS53 KLBF 142213 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 509 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 NEC135-142219- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-080714T2215Z/ PERKINS NE- 409 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PERKINS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM MDT... THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY AND ROTATION WAS NO LONGER INDICATED BY RADAR. FURTHERMORE...THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER REPORTS OF A TORNADO. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN EXTREME NORTHEAST PERKINS COUNTY LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH IF ELSIE WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4100 10184 4088 10173 4074 10204 4099 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 263DEG 13KT 4088 10186 $$ KAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 4:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 5:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 5:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.