Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 75, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 2008, 6:49 PM MDT for Arthur County, Grant County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 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, 6:49 PM MDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2008, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 41 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), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 160049 TORLBF NEC005-075-160130- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0075.080716T0049Z-080716T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 649 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 730 PM MDT * AT 644 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR JENSEN LAKE...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARTHUR...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SAND PUDDIN LAKE...7 MILES NORTH OF ARTHUR AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREEN LAKE BY 730 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 4181 10145 4154 10142 4157 10195 4180 10198 TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 272DEG 9KT 4168 10183 $$ HIRSCH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 160120 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 820 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008 NEC017-149-160145- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0318.000000T0000Z-080716T0145Z/ ROCK NE-BROWN NE- 820 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL BROWN AND CENTRAL ROCK COUNTIES... AT 816 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 183 MILE MARKER 170...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AINSWORTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 183 MILE MARKER 170 BY 840 PM CDT... 9 MILES WEST OF TWIN LAKES STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 845 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4241 9936 4221 9952 4242 9987 4253 9978 TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 324DEG 13KT 4239 9973 $$ TLK
000 WWUS53 KLBF 160129 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 826 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008 NEC005-075-160136- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-080716T0130Z/ ARTHUR NE-GRANT NE- 726 PM MDT TUE JUL 15 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GRANT AND NORTHERN ARTHUR COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT/730 PM MDT/... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING PRODUCED NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND REPORTS OF ROTATION. THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND BECOME LESS ORGANIZED AND SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. NO TORNADO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS TIME. IF YOU HAVE A REPORT PLEASE PASS IT ALONG TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4181 10145 4154 10142 4157 10195 4180 10198 TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 272DEG 9KT 4168 10171 $$ HIRSCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 6:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant | 37 min |
| 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, 6:57 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.