Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 21, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2009, 3:26 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 49 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 9, 2009, 3:26 PM MDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2009, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 470 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 092126 TORLBF NEC031-092215- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0021.090609T2126Z-090609T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 326 PM MDT TUE JUN 9 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 415 PM MDT * AT 325 PM MDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR WHITMAN ROAD CROSSING THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE MIDDLE LOUP RIVER... OR 31 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WHITMAN ROAD CROSSING THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE MIDDLE LOUP RIVER BY 340 PM MDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 INCH HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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. && LAT...LON 4209 10130 4208 10176 4220 10169 4229 10158 TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 341DEG 10KT 4221 10160 $$ CDC
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 092150 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 350 PM MDT TUE JUN 9 2009 NEC031-092215- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090609T2215Z/ CHERRY NE- 350 PM MDT TUE JUN 9 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY... AT 350 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS. THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITMAN ROAD CROSSING THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE MIDDLE LOUP RIVER TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITMAN ROAD CROSSING THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE MIDDLE LOUP RIVER...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF MULLEN TO 32 MILES NORTH OF ARTHUR...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHERN CHERRY COUNTY AT 400 PM MDT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 4221 10147 4209 10130 4209 10176 4209 10175 TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 340DEG 12KT 4225 10135 4203 10177 $$ CDC
000 WWUS53 KLBF 092211 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 411 PM MDT TUE JUN 9 2009 NEC031-092221- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090609T2215Z/ CHERRY NE- 411 PM MDT TUE JUN 9 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM MDT... THIS LINE OF SEVERE STORMS IS EXITING SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY CHERRY COUNTY NOW. LAT...LON 4221 10147 4209 10130 4209 10176 4209 10175 TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 340DEG 12KT 4219 10132 4197 10174 $$ CDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Hooker | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 3:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Deuel | 37 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.