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Tornado Warning 39, NWS North Platte, NE

June 17, 2009Boyd County, Holt County, Keya Paha County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2009, 5:37 PM CDT for Boyd County, Holt County, Keya Paha County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 min. 7 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 17, 2009, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2009, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Boyd County, NE, Holt County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 17, 5:50 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	7 Ne Burton, NE
Jun 17, 6:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Mills, NE
Jun 17, 6:00 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	8 W Naper, NE	BASEBALL SIZED HAIL LASTED FROM 600 PM TO 610 PM CDT. GROUND TOTALLY COVERED BY HAIL.
Jun 17, 6:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 W Naper, NE	ALFALFA WIND ROWS REPORTED AS ALL BLOWN AWAY.
Jun 17, 6:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	4 W Naper, NE	DELAYED REPORT OF HAIL PILED UP 3 INCHES DEEP. RANCHER REPORTED DEAD ANIMALS ON THE ROAD.
Jun 17, 6:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	4 W Naper, NE
Jun 17, 6:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 Sw Naper, NE	MARBLE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL BEGAN AT 620 PM CDT AND CONTINUED THROUGH 630 PM CDT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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: 497 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 172237
TORLBF
NEC015-089-103-172315-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0039.090617T2237Z-090617T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
537 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BOYD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHWESTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHEASTERN KEYA PAHA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BURTON...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGVIEW...MOVING EAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BURTON BY 545 PM CDT...
  MILLS BY 600 PM CDT...
  9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NAPER BY 615 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

&&

LAT...LON 4295 9896 4272 9908 4278 9926 4280 9926
      4279 9930 4297 9983 4300 9982 4300 9928
      4300 9919
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 291DEG 31KT 4302 9967

$$

DDB

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 172258
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
558 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

NEC015-089-103-172315-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-090617T2315Z/
HOLT NE-BOYD NE-KEYA PAHA NE-
558 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN KEYA PAHA...NORTHWESTERN BOYD AND NORTHWESTERN HOLT
COUNTIES...

AT 553 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MILLS...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SPRINGVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHWAY 137 MILE MARKER 20 BY 610 PM CDT...
  HIGHWAY 12 MILE MARKER 90 AND 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NAPER BY 615 PM
  CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

&&

LAT...LON 4295 9896 4272 9908 4278 9926 4280 9926
      4279 9930 4290 9963 4300 9963 4300 9919
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 291DEG 31KT 4295 9945

$$

DDB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden, Sheridan	55 min
Jun 17, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha	30 min
Jun 17, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	58 min
Jun 17, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	54 min
Jun 17, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	64 min
Jun 17, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	43 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.