Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 59, NWS North Platte, NE
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:22 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hershey, NE | STRONG 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 CDT | TSTM WND DMG | North Platte, NE | STRONG 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 CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Hershey, NE | |
| Jun 26, 8:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | North Platte, NE | LARGE PINE TREE DOWN AT 2ND AND GRANT. |
| Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N North Platte, NE | LARGE TREE ON HOUSE NEAR NORTH RIVER BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 83. TIME APPROXIMATE. |
| Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | North Platte, NE | LARGE 8 INCH BRANCH WAS BROKEN AND BLOW TEN FEET AWAY FROM THE TREE. |
| Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | North Platte, NE | |
| Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 17 N Maxwell, NE | TREE LIMB DAMAGE. |
| Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | North Platte, NE | |
| Jun 26, 8:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | North Platte, NE | TREE LIMBS DOWN ON WEST RODEO ROAD. |
| Jun 26, 8:41 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Hershey, NE | LARGE 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 CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | North Platte, NE | 10 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES AND POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NORTH PLATTE. |
| Jun 26, 8:48 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 63 | 2 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant, Hooker, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 67 min |
| Jun 26, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes, Lincoln | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, Logan, Thomas | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Custer, Hooker, Rock and 1 more | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock | 23 min |
| Jun 26, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Loup, Rock | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock | 55 min |
| Jun 26, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock, Wheeler | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha, Rock | 12 min |
| Jun 26, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 43 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.