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Tornado Warning 80, NWS North Platte, NE

July 24, 2008Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2008, 9:40 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 21 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, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2008, 10:01 PM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 14 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 250240
TORLBF
NEC111-250315-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0080.080725T0240Z-080725T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
940 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 1015 PM CDT

* AT 937 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MAXWELL...
  OR 12 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING SOUTH AT 14 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 1005 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 4097 10034 4093 10060 4115 10063 4118 10047
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 348DEG 12KT 4108 10054

$$

DDB

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 250251
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
951 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

NEC111-250315-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-080725T0315Z/
LINCOLN NE-
951 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 946 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MAXWELL...OR 14
MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 14 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 1000 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.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4097 10034 4093 10060 4115 10063 4118 10047
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 337DEG 12KT 4105 10051

$$

DDB

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 250301
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1001 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

NEC111-250309-
/O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-080725T0315Z/
LINCOLN NE-
959 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE LARGE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED 
CONSIDERABLY AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER.  
THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT 
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4097 10034 4093 10060 4115 10063 4118 10047
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 348DEG 12KT 4102 10052

$$

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, 9:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Lincoln	39 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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.