Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 52, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2009, 11:54 PM CDT for Holt County, Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 min. 3 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 24, 2009, 11:54 PM CDT (04:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2009, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Holt County, NE, Rock County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:57 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 12:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 W Stuart, NE | TWO POWER POLES SNAPPED OFF AT THE GROUND AND LOTS OF TREE DAMAGE. |
| Jun 25, 12:00 AM CDT | TORNADO | 2 W Newport, NE | A STORM CHASER OBSERVED A TORNADO THAT RAPIDLY DEVELOPED AND CROSSED HIGHWAY 20 WEST OF NEWPORT. THE CHASER ESTIMATED THE WIDTH OF THE TORNADO TO BE APPROXIMATELY 75 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS FOLLOWED BY INTENSE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH. |
| Jun 25, 12:05 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 2 W Newport, NE | STRAIGHT LINE THUNDERSTORM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 20 WEST OF NEWPORT. |
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 24, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 1379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 250454 TORLBF NEC089-149-250530- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0052.090625T0454Z-090625T0530Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1154 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... NORTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT * AT 1150 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR NEWPORT...OR 11 MILES EAST OF BASSETT...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN ROCK COUNTY AT 1210 AM CDT RURAL WESTERN HOLT COUNTY AT 1210 AM CDT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FOUR INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS EXCEEDING 80 MPH. 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. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING ISSUED PREVIOUSLY FOR ROCK COUNTY. KEYA PAHA COUNTY IS NO LONGER UNDER A TORNADO THREAT. && LAT...LON 4250 9912 4238 9953 4269 9949 4277 9924 TIME...MOT...LOC 0453Z 344DEG 18KT 4258 9931 $$ SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 250514 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1214 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2009 NEC089-149-250530- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-090625T0530Z/ ROCK NE-HOLT NE- 1214 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL HOLT AND NORTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTIES... AT 1213 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF NEWPORT...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BASSETT...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS EXCEEDING 80 MPH. THE STORM HAS CAUSED DOWNED POWER LINES IN RURAL ROCK COUNTY ON HIGHWAY 20. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 4250 9912 4238 9953 4269 9949 4277 9924 TIME...MOT...LOC 0513Z 344DEG 18KT 4249 9927 $$ SPRINGER
000 WWUS53 KLBF 250530 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1230 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2009 NEC089-149-250539- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-090625T0530Z/ ROCK NE-HOLT NE- 1230 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL HOLT AND NORTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN ROCK COUNTY AND CENTRAL HOLT COUNTY. LAT...LON 4250 9912 4238 9953 4269 9949 4277 9924 TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 344DEG 18KT 4241 9924 $$ SPRINGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Keya Paha | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keya Paha, Rock | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keya Paha, Rock | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt, Rock | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 54 min |
| Jun 25, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 63 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.