Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 48, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2009, 9:14 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 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 23, 2009, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2009, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Custer County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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 23, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 1357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2268 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 240214 TORLBF NEC041-240245- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0048.090624T0214Z-090624T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 914 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 912 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HIGHWAY 40 MILE MARKER 10...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF ARNOLD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 40 MILE MARKER 20 AND 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 47 MILE MARKER 80 BY 940 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE 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 100 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. && LAT...LON 4124 9989 4110 10021 4139 10022 4144 10007 TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 320DEG 10KT 4131 10013 $$ JWS
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 240235 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 935 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009 NEC041-240245- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-090624T0245Z/ CUSTER NE- 935 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY... AT 935 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 40 MILE MARKER 20...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARNOLD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 40 MILE MARKER 20 AND 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 47 MILE MARKER 80 BY 945 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. && LAT...LON 4124 9989 4110 10021 4139 10022 4144 10007 TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 320DEG 9KT 4127 10009 $$ JWS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Logan | 40 min |
| Jun 23, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel | 37 min |
| Jun 23, 9:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant | 28 min |
| Jun 23, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 10:59 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.