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Tornado Warning 14, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2009, 9:28 PM MDT for Deuel County, Garden County, Keith County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 5, 2009, 9:28 PM MDT (03:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2009, 10:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Keith County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:48 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 5, 5:06 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 060328 TORLBF NEC049-069-101-060415- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0014.090606T0328Z-090606T0415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 928 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN DEUEL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA... SOUTHEASTERN GARDEN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA... WESTERN KEITH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 1015 PM MDT * AT 927 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WINDLASS HILL...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF BIG SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CLEAR CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 940 PM MDT... EAGLE GULCH CAMPGROUND BY 955 PM MDT... OTTER CREEK CAMPGROUND BY 1000 PM MDT... LAKE VIEW CAMPGROUND...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEMOYNE AND 8 MILES NORTH OF BRULE BY 1015 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 4132 10174 4107 10184 4120 10229 4137 10222 TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 284DEG 16KT 4126 10214 $$ TAYLOR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 060341 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 941 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2009 NEC049-069-101-060415- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-090606T0415Z/ DEUEL NE-GARDEN NE-KEITH NE- 941 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT FOR WESTERN KEITH...SOUTHEASTERN GARDEN AND NORTHEASTERN DEUEL COUNTIES... AT 941 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 26 MILE MARKER 130...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF BIG SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EAGLE GULCH CAMPGROUND BY 950 PM MDT... OTTER CREEK CAMPGROUND BY 955 PM MDT... LAKE VIEW CAMPGROUND...HIGHWAY 26 MILE MARKER 140 AND LEMOYNE BY 1010 PM MDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. && LAT...LON 4132 10174 4107 10184 4120 10229 4137 10222 TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 277DEG 19KT 4125 10204 $$ TAYLOR
000 WWUS53 KLBF 060357 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 957 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2009 NEC049-069-101-060415- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-090606T0415Z/ DEUEL NE-GARDEN NE-KEITH NE- 957 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT FOR WESTERN KEITH...SOUTHEASTERN GARDEN AND NORTHEASTERN DEUEL COUNTIES... AT 954 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EAGLE GULCH CAMPGROUND...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF OGALLALA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LAKE VIEW CAMPGROUND...HIGHWAY 26 MILE MARKER 140 AND LEMOYNE BY 1010 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 MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. && LAT...LON 4132 10174 4107 10184 4120 10229 4137 10222 TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 277DEG 19KT 4124 10192 $$ 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, 8:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 8:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, Lincoln | 49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.