Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 1, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2009, 12:53 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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
- Mar 23, 2009, 12:53 PM MDT (18:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2009, 1:32 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 11:16 AM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 766 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 773 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 231853 TORLBF NEC031-231945- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0001.090323T1853Z-090323T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 153 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 245 PM CDT * AT 150 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROWNLEE...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF THEDFORD...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BROWNLEE BY 200 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING/600 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING/ FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. && LAT...LON 4249 10100 4254 10064 4219 10057 4215 10080 TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 164DEG 18KT 4222 10071 $$ 13
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 231910 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 210 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 NEC031-231945- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090323T1945Z/ CHERRY NE- 210 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY... AT 145 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS STORM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROWNLEE AT 208 PM CDT...OR 27 MILES NORTH OF THEDFORD...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY AT 220 PM CDT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING/600 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING/ FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. && LAT...LON 4249 10100 4254 10064 4219 10057 4215 10080 TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 171DEG 24KT 4236 10072 $$ 13
000 WWUS53 KLBF 231932 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 232 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 NEC031-231941- /O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090323T1945Z/ CHERRY NE- 232 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING/600 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING/ FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STORM WHICH HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSED A THREAT FOR TORNADOES AT THIS TIME. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY. LAT...LON 4249 10100 4254 10064 4219 10057 4215 10080 TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 171DEG 24KT 4250 10075 $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2:30 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | LBF | Chase, Custer, Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln, Loup and 1 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 23, 12:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 38 min |
| Mar 23, 1:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 43 min |
| Mar 23, 1:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 39 min |
| Mar 23, 2:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 57 min |
| Mar 23, 2:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha, Rock | 39 min |
| Mar 23, 2:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd | 17 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 2009Every tornado warning in 2009Tornadoes in 2009
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.