Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 6, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2009, 3:31 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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
- May 23, 2009, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2009, 4:00 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), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 3:35 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 E Maxwell, NE | TORNADO REPORTED EAST OF THE MAXWELL INTERCHANGE ON INTERSTATE 80. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 10 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 232031 TORLBF NEC111-232100- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0006.090523T2031Z-090523T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 331 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 328 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 340 PM CDT... BRADY AND MAXWELL BY 400 PM CDT... 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. 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 4122 10052 4111 10023 4091 10048 4100 10069 TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 216DEG 10KT 4097 10052 $$ SPRINGER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 232043 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 343 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2009 NEC111-232100- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090523T2100Z/ LINCOLN NE- 343 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 342 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MAXWELL AND BRADY BY 400 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 4122 10052 4111 10023 4091 10048 4100 10069 TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 216DEG 10KT 4100 10049 $$ SPRINGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln | 62 min |
| May 23, 4:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| May 23, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 28 min |
Nearby
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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.