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Tornado Warning 38, NWS North Platte, NE

June 15, 2009Frontier County, Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2009, 8:29 PM CDT for Frontier County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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 15, 2009, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2009, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Frontier County, NE, Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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 15, 3:34 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 42 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.3
Supercell composite: -1.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 160129
TORLBF
NEC063-111-160215-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0038.090616T0129Z-090616T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL FRONTIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTH OF
  HANSEN MEMORIAL RESERVE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR 13
  MILES NORTH OF CURTIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HANSEN MEMORIAL RESERVE STATE WILDLIFE
  MANAGEMENT AREA BY 840 PM CDT...
  MOOREFIELD BY 905 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL 
UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS.

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 4084 10063 4091 10046 4077 10021 4071 10020
      4058 10045
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 317DEG 14KT 4082 10050

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 160155
SVSLBF

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

NEC063-111-160215-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-090616T0215Z/
LINCOLN NE-FRONTIER NE-
855 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL FRONTIER AND SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 852 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
MOOREFIELD...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CURTIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MOOREFIELD BY 910 PM CDT...
  7 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 23 MILE MARKER 110 AND 7 MILES WEST OF
  FARNAM BY 915 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL.

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 4082 10057 4087 10044 4077 10021 4071 10020
      4058 10045
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 318DEG 14KT 4076 10043

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KLBF 160215
SVSLBF

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

NEC063-111-160224-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-090616T0215Z/
LINCOLN NE-FRONTIER NE-
915 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL FRONTIER AND SOUTHEASTERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH HAD PROMPTED THIS WARNING HAS WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY 
THE PAST FEW MINUTES AND IS NO LONGER AT SEVERE LEVELS. STRONG TO 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THE NEXT FEW HOURS 
ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS OR 
STATEMENTS. 

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

LAT...LON 4082 10057 4087 10044 4077 10021 4071 10020
      4058 10045
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 318DEG 14KT 4070 10036

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	58 min
Jun 15, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha	66 min
Jun 15, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase	49 min
Jun 15, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer	47 min
Jun 15, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Logan, Thomas	62 min
Jun 15, 7:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Lincoln	47 min
Jun 15, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase	39 min
Jun 15, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	22 min
Jun 15, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown	56 min
Jun 15, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hayes	41 min
Jun 15, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Grant	33 min
Jun 15, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	26 min
Jun 15, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hooker, Thomas	50 min
Jun 15, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Loup	63 min
Jun 15, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Rock	32 min
Jun 15, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	39 min
Jun 15, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln	38 min
Jun 15, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.