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Tornado Warning 53, NWS North Platte, NE

June 26, 2009Deuel County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2009, 3:25 PM MDT for Deuel County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 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 26, 2009, 3:25 PM MDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2009, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Deuel County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 26, 2:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2009-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 814 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2009-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 396 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
814 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-243 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1418 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
396 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
447 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 262125
TORLBF
NEC049-262200-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0053.090626T2125Z-090626T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
325 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL DEUEL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 400 PM MDT

* AT 322 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 8
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 90...OR 11 MILES SOUTH
  OF CHAPPELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 90 BY 340 PM MDT...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 27 MILE MARKER 100 BY 355 PM MDT...
  INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 100 BY 400 PM MDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS EXCEEDING 85 
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.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

&&

LAT...LON 4114 10234 4100 10210 4099 10213 4100 10256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 233DEG 21KT 4095 10245

$$

SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 262137
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
337 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009

NEC049-262200-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-090626T2200Z/
DEUEL NE-
337 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL DEUEL COUNTY...

AT 336 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 90...OR NEAR JULESBURG...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 90 BY 345 PM MDT...
  6 MILES WEST OF INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 100 AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  HIGHWAY 27 MILE MARKER 100 BY 400 PM MDT...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4114 10234 4100 10210 4099 10213 4100 10256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 227DEG 7KT 4100 10236

$$

SPRINGER
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 262154
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
354 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009

NEC049-262200-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-090626T2200Z/
DEUEL NE-
354 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL DEUEL COUNTY...

AT 354 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 100...OR NEAR JULESBURG...MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 100 BY 400 PM MDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

&&

LAT...LON 4114 10234 4100 10210 4099 10213 4100 10256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 256DEG 16KT 4101 10226

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 6:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry56 min
Jun 25, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry62 min
Jun 25, 6:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Hayes30 min
Jun 25, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Hayes31 min
Jun 25, 7:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, Perkins38 min
Jun 25, 8:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln30 min
Jun 25, 8:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln36 min
Jun 25, 8:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchLBFChase, Hayes, Keith, Lincoln, Perkins6 hr
Jun 26, 2:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel, Keith59 min
Jun 26, 3:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel, Garden, Keith63 min
Jun 26, 3:57 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFDeuel33 min
Jun 26, 4:09 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFDeuel, Keith36 min
Jun 26, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Deuel, Garden, Keith, McPherson63 min
Jun 26, 4:45 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFKeith30 min
Jun 26, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Garden54 min
Jun 26, 5:02 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFGarden28 min
Jun 26, 5:10 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFArthur, Keith35 min
Jun 26, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Deuel, Garden, Keith, McPherson32 min
Jun 26, 5:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Garden, Grant58 min
Jun 26, 5:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel, Garden42 min
Jun 26, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson57 min
Jun 26, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Garden, Grant, Sheridan35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.