Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 57, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2009, 5:02 PM MDT for Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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, 5:02 PM MDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2009, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Garden County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 262302 TORLBF NEC069-262330- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0057.090626T2302Z-090626T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 502 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL GARDEN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 530 PM MDT * AT 500 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL GARDEN COUNTY...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF OSHKOSH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN GARDEN COUNTY AT 520 PM MDT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 4173 10200 4144 10199 4140 10230 4150 10240 TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 243DEG 22KT 4147 10223 $$ SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 262322 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 522 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 NEC069-262330- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-090626T2330Z/ GARDEN NE- 522 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL GARDEN COUNTY... AT 521 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL GARDEN COUNTY...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF OSHKOSH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. && LAT...LON 4173 10200 4144 10199 4140 10230 4150 10240 TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 243DEG 22KT 4152 10208 $$ SPRINGER
000 WWUS53 KLBF 262326 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 526 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 NEC069-262337- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-090626T2330Z/ GARDEN NE- 526 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GARDEN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM MDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES. LAT...LON 4173 10200 4144 10199 4140 10230 4150 10240 TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 243DEG 22KT 4153 10204 $$ 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, 4:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden | 54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.