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Tornado Warning 34, NWS North Platte, NE

June 15, 2009Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2009, 5:59 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports 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 15, 2009, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2009, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 6:24 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD6 Ssw Hershey, NE
Jun 15, 6:38 PM CDTHAIL 1.756 S Hershey, NEGOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 40 MPH.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 15, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 41 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2009-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 309 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2009-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 152259
TORLBF
NEC111-152345-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0034.090615T2259Z-090615T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
559 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 557 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  NEAR THE SUTHERLAND AND INTERSTATE 80 INTERCHANCE...OR 19 MILES 
  WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HERSHEY BY 625 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.

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 MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

&&

LAT...LON 4120 10122 4130 10090 4108 10086 4105 10124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 243DEG 13KT 4115 10114

$$

MASEK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 152327
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
627 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

NEC111-152345-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-090615T2345Z/
LINCOLN NE-
627 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST 
OF HERSHEY...OR 15 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
5 MPH.

THE STORM CONTINUES TO BE NEARLY STATIONARY WITH MULTIPLE REPORTS 
OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES NEAR HERSHEY AND SUTHERLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.

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 MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

&&

LAT...LON 4120 10122 4130 10090 4108 10086 4105 10124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 237DEG 6KT 4109 10106

$$

MASEK
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 152347
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
647 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

NEC111-152355-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-090615T2345Z/
LINCOLN NE-
647 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING AND MULTIPLE 
REPORTS FUNNEL CLOUDS NO LONGER SHOWS TORNADIC SIGNATURES ON RADAR. 
HOWEVER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4120 10122 4130 10090 4108 10086 4105 10124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 237DEG 6KT 4111 10102

$$

MASEK

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan60 min
Jun 15, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLogan24 min
Jun 15, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan, Thomas63 min
Jun 15, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLogan31 min
Jun 15, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln43 min
Jun 15, 4:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFThomas27 min
Jun 15, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Thomas64 min
Jun 15, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLogan31 min
Jun 15, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln46 min
Jun 15, 5:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFLincoln4 hr
Jun 15, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer55 min
Jun 15, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry66 min
Jun 15, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins56 min
Jun 15, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry36 min
Jun 15, 6:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFLincoln4 hr
Jun 15, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFPerkins39 min
Jun 15, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer62 min
Jun 15, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln46 min
Jun 15, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry, Keya Paha30 min
Jun 15, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln51 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.