Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 72, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2008, 3:47 PM MDT for Keith County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 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
- Jul 14, 2008, 3:47 PM MDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2008, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Keith County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 142147 TORLBF NEC101-142230- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0072.080714T2147Z-080714T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 347 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL KEITH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 430 PM MDT * AT 343 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF BRULE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OGALLALA...MOVING EAST AT 23 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTH OF ROSCOE BY 420 PM MDT... DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT. 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 4116 10154 4101 10144 4100 10194 4108 10195 TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 259DEG 20KT 4101 10181 $$ 13
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 142156 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 456 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 NEC101-142230- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080714T2230Z/ KEITH NE- 356 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KEITH COUNTY... AT 352 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 61 MILE MARKER 80...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF OGALLALA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ROSCOE BY 420 PM MDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4116 10154 4101 10144 4100 10194 4108 10195 TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 252DEG 21KT 4103 10175 $$ 13
000 WWUS53 KLBF 142224 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 523 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 NEC101-142233- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080714T2230Z/ KEITH NE- 423 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KEITH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY AND DOES NOT POSE A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT AT THIS TIME. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4116 10154 4101 10144 4100 10194 4108 10195 TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 252DEG 21KT 4106 10154 $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Perkins | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.