Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 56, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2009, 4:45 PM MDT for Keith County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 min. 2 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 26, 2009, 4:45 PM MDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2009, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Keith County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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 26, 5:00 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Lemoyne, NE | NORTH SIDE OF LAKE MCCONAUGHY SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN. ONE CAMPER BLOWN OVER AT CAMP GROUND. |
| Jun 26, 5:00 PM MDT | HAIL 4.25 | 2 Se Lemoyne, NE | 5 MINUTES OF HALF DOLLAR HAIL WITH SOME HAIL THE SIZE OF SOFTBALLS. |
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 26, 2:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:50 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 262245 TORLBF NEC101-262315- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0056.090626T2245Z-090626T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 445 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL KEITH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OGALLALA... * UNTIL 515 PM MDT * AT 444 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LAKE VIEW CAMPGROUND...OR NEAR OGALLALA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... OGALLALA BY 450 PM MDT... ROSCOE BY 500 PM MDT... KEYSTONE BY 505 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. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. && LAT...LON 4138 10162 4110 10147 4107 10190 4117 10200 TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 255DEG 28KT 4117 10180 $$ SPRINGER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 262258 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 458 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 NEC101-262315- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-090626T2315Z/ KEITH NE- 458 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL KEITH COUNTY... AT 458 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 61 MILE MARKER 100...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF OGALLALA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 61 MILE MARKER 100...KINGSLEY DAM AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROSCOE BY 505 PM MDT... KEYSTONE BY 515 PM MDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. && LAT...LON 4138 10162 4110 10147 4107 10190 4117 10200 TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 243DEG 22KT 4123 10174 $$ SPRINGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 6:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 56 min |
| Jun 25, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 62 min |
| Jun 25, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 7:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Perkins | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 8:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 8:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Keith | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 3:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Deuel | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 3:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden, Keith | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 3:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Deuel | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 4:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Deuel, Keith | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Deuel, Garden, Keith, McPherson | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 5:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 5:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Deuel, Garden, Keith, McPherson | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 5:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden, Grant | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 5:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 5:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Garden, Grant, Sheridan | 35 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.