Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 74, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 2008, 6:08 PM MDT for Arthur County, Grant 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 15, 2008, 6:08 PM MDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2008, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Arthur County, NE, Grant County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 6:50 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 6 N Arthur, 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 15, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 2668 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 12.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 160008 TORLBF NEC005-075-160045- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0074.080716T0008Z-080716T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 608 PM MDT TUE JUL 15 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ARTHUR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ARTHUR... SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 645 PM MDT * AT 603 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR JENSEN LAKE...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARTHUR...MOVING SOUTH AT 3 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... JENSEN LAKE BY 645 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 1100 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4180 10148 4152 10148 4158 10196 4185 10194 TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 348DEG 2KT 4173 10186 $$ HIRSCH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 160037 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 736 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008 NEC005-075-160045- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-080716T0045Z/ ARTHUR NE-GRANT NE- 636 PM MDT TUE JUL 15 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR SOUTHERN GRANT AND NORTHERN ARTHUR COUNTIES... AT 635 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JENSEN LAKE...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARTHUR. THIS TORNADO WAS NEARLY STATIONARY TO SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHEAST. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... JENSEN LAKE AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 61 MILE MARKER 130 BY 645 PM MDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4180 10148 4152 10148 4158 10196 4185 10194 TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 348DEG 2KT 4171 10186 $$ HIRSCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Rock | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 6:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 39 min |
| Jul 15, 6:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, Perkins | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 6:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 6:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 7:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 7:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 27 min |
| Jul 15, 7:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 18 min |
| Jul 15, 7:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown | 42 min |
| Jul 15, 7:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker | 42 min |
| Jul 15, 7:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Rock | 27 min |
| Jul 15, 8:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 24 min |
| Jul 15, 8:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 8:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 19 min |
| Jul 15, 10:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 27 min |
| Jul 15, 10:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 29 min |
| Jul 16, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 62 min |
| Jul 16, 4:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 62 min |
| Jul 16, 4:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden | 19 min |
| Jul 16, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 65 min |
| Jul 16, 5:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Hooker, Thomas | 55 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.