Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 34, NWS North Platte, NE
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.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 6:24 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 Ssw Hershey, NE | |
| Jun 15, 6:38 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 S Hershey, NE | GOLF 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 60 min |
| Jun 15, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Logan | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, Thomas | 63 min |
| Jun 15, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Logan | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Thomas | 27 min |
| Jun 15, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Thomas | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Logan | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 5:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 6:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Perkins | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 51 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.