Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2009, 8:45 PM MDT for Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 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
- Jun 5, 2009, 8:45 PM MDT (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2009, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Garden County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:59 PM MDT | HAIL 0.5 | 2 S Oshkosh, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:48 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2392 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 060245 TORLBF NEC069-060330- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0013.090606T0245Z-090606T0330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 845 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL GARDEN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 930 PM MDT * AT 841 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 27 AND 9 MILE ROAD...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 27 AND 9 MILE ROAD BY 855 PM MDT... LEWELLEN BY 915 PM MDT... ASH HOLLOW STATE HISTORICAL PARK BY 920 PM MDT... WINDLASS HILL BY 925 PM MDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. && LAT...LON 4140 10248 4137 10205 4122 10205 4122 10251 TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 285DEG 21KT 4132 10240 $$ TAYLOR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 060307 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 907 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2009 NEC069-060330- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090606T0330Z/ GARDEN NE- 907 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GARDEN COUNTY... AT 907 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 27 AND 9 MILE ROAD...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF OSHKOSH...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LEWELLEN BY 920 PM MDT... ASH HOLLOW STATE HISTORICAL PARK BY 925 PM MDT... WINDLASS HILL BY 930 PM MDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. && LAT...LON 4140 10248 4137 10205 4122 10205 4122 10251 TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 287DEG 20KT 4128 10228 $$ TAYLOR
000 WWUS53 KLBF 060322 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 922 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2009 NEC069-060330- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090606T0330Z/ GARDEN NE- 922 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GARDEN COUNTY... AT 918 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LEWELLEN...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OSHKOSH...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LEWELLEN BY 925 PM MDT... WINDLASS HILL AND ASH HOLLOW STATE HISTORICAL PARK BY 930 PM MDT... 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 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. && LAT...LON 4140 10248 4137 10205 4122 10205 4122 10251 TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 280DEG 17KT 4129 10220 $$ TAYLOR
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 6:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 6:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Sheridan | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 6:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Grant, Hooker | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 6:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden, Grant | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 7:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hooker | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 7:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Cherry, Thomas | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden, Keith | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 8:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 8:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, Lincoln | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 9:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden, Keith | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 9:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 9:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 9:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 10:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 10:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 10:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 10:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 12:02 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 58 min |
| Jun 6, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 4:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Grant, Hooker | 36 min |
| Jun 6, 5:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hooker | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Keith | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 5:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hooker, Thomas | 43 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.