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Tornado Warning 59, NWS North Platte, NE

June 26, 2009Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2009, 8:16 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 min. 13 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, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2009, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 8:22 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGHershey, NESTRONG WINDS UPROOTED OR KNOCKED DOWN NUMEROUS TREES IN TOWN. 2 MILES EAST AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF HERSHY TWO HOMES WERE ALSO DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS.
Jun 26, 8:22 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGNorth Platte, NESTRONG WINDS DOWNED SEVERAL STREET LIGHT POLES. RAIL CARS WERE DERAILED AT BAILY YARD. THERE WAS ALSO MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE AT AN UNKNOWN RESIDENCE. A LARGE 18 INCH DIAMETER TREE WAS SNAPPED OFF IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF TOWN.
Jun 26, 8:22 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Hershey, NE
Jun 26, 8:25 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGNorth Platte, NELARGE PINE TREE DOWN AT 2ND AND GRANT.
Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 N North Platte, NELARGE TREE ON HOUSE NEAR NORTH RIVER BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 83. TIME APPROXIMATE.
Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGNorth Platte, NELARGE 8 INCH BRANCH WAS BROKEN AND BLOW TEN FEET AWAY FROM THE TREE.
Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 50North Platte, NE
Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 6017 N Maxwell, NETREE LIMB DAMAGE.
Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70North Platte, NE
Jun 26, 8:35 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGNorth Platte, NETREE LIMBS DOWN ON WEST RODEO ROAD.
Jun 26, 8:41 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Hershey, NELARGE TREE LIMBS GREATER THAN 3 INCH DIAMETER REPORTED DOWN IN HERSHY. POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED ON HIGHWAY 83 JUST NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE.
Jun 26, 8:48 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60North Platte, NE10 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES AND POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NORTH PLATTE.
Jun 26, 8:48 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 632 W North Platte, NE

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 26, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 23 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 00:00Z on 2009-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1324 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 00:00Z on 2009-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1324 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2431 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
357 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 270116
TORLBF
NEC111-270145-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0059.090627T0116Z-090627T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NORTH PLATTE...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
  HERSHEY...OR 11 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTH PLATTE BY 820 PM CDT...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

&&

LAT...LON 4139 10083 4135 10049 4100 10091 4111 10110
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 219DEG 46KT 4111 10092

$$

TAYLOR
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 270129
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
829 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009

NEC111-270145-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-090627T0145Z/
LINCOLN NE-
829 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 828 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 
83 MILE MARKER 90...OR NEAR NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HIGHWAY
97 MILE MARKER 10 AND HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 100

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

&&

LAT...LON 4139 10083 4135 10049 4100 10091 4111 10110
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 219DEG 46KT 4119 10077

$$

TAYLOR
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 270144
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
844 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009

NEC111-270154-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-090627T0145Z/
LINCOLN NE-
844 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 845 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4139 10083 4135 10049 4100 10091 4111 10110
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 219DEG 46KT 4134 10059

$$

TAYLOR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant, Hooker, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Thomas30 min
Jun 26, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase38 min
Jun 26, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry56 min
Jun 26, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Cherry, Hooker, Thomas67 min
Jun 26, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins46 min
Jun 26, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes, Lincoln42 min
Jun 26, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith43 min
Jun 26, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry44 min
Jun 26, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln56 min
Jun 26, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Brown, Cherry, Hooker, Thomas59 min
Jun 26, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock64 min
Jun 26, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson63 min
Jun 26, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker, Logan, Thomas24 min
Jun 26, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster47 min
Jun 26, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Brown, Cherry, Custer, Hooker, Rock and 1 more53 min
Jun 26, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock23 min
Jun 26, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Loup, Rock52 min
Jun 26, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock55 min
Jun 26, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock, Wheeler59 min
Jun 26, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha, Rock12 min
Jun 26, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Holt43 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.