Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 79, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2008, 9:06 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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 24, 2008, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2008, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 24, 9:48 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 Nnw Maxwell, 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 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 2 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
- 1529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 250206 TORLBF NEC111-250245- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0079.080725T0206Z-080725T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 906 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 905 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA BY 945 PM CDT... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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 THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4102 10053 4103 10081 4126 10069 4125 10055 TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 010DEG 13KT 4121 10064 $$ DDB
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 250222 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 922 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008 NEC111-250245- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-080725T0245Z/ LINCOLN NE- 922 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 919 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 90...OR 8 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING SOUTH AT 17 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES EAST OF LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA BY 945 PM CDT... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4102 10053 4103 10081 4126 10069 4125 10055 TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 003DEG 15KT 4114 10062 $$ DDB
000 WWUS53 KLBF 250231 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 931 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008 NEC111-250245- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-080725T0245Z/ LINCOLN NE- 931 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 928 PM CDT...TRAINED STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD WITH THE STORM. THIS WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 90...OR 10 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. 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 THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4102 10053 4103 10081 4126 10069 4125 10055 TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 349DEG 17KT 4110 10057 $$ DDB
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 23 min |
| Jul 24, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, Thomas | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 59 min |
| Jul 24, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 38 min |
| Jul 24, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 21 min |
| Jul 24, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Cherry, Garden, Grant, Hooker, Keith and 3 more | 64 min |
| Jul 24, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, Keith, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 64 min |
| Jul 25, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Loup | 39 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.