Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 61, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2009, 7:24 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 51 min. 5 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
- Jul 13, 2009, 7:24 PM MDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2009, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:39 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 8 Sw Valentine, NE | |
| Jul 13, 7:47 PM MDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 16 S Crookston, NE | RANCH HAND SAW 2 BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS DIP DOWN WHERE SNAKE AND NIOBRARA RIVERS COME TOGETHER. |
| Jul 13, 7:50 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 S Valentine, NE | 2 TO 3 FOOT DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES DOWN OVER ROADS FROM THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS. NICKEL SIZE HAIL ALSO OCCURRED SPORADICALLY. |
| Jul 13, 8:20 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 20 Ssw Valentine, NE | TREE BLOWN OVER AND NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN BY THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS. |
| Jul 13, 8:20 PM MDT | TORNADO | 9 S Crookston, NE | TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF CROOKSTON DAMAGED A QUONSET HUT WITH HALF OF IT IN A TREE. AN OLD TRAILER HOME WAS MOVED AND IN PIECES AFTER TORNADO. BIG TREE BRANCHES AND TREE DAMAGE NOTED. OLD BAILER MOVED AT LEAST 200 YARDS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 2857 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1339 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 13.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 140124 TORLBF NEC031-140215- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0061.090714T0124Z-090714T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 824 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 822 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SCHLAGEL CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 845 PM CDT... BIG ALKALI LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND 8 MILES NORTH OF VALENTINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE BY 915 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS EXCEEDING 100 MPH. 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. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. && LAT...LON 4260 10030 4248 10066 4283 10081 4288 10057 TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 343DEG 10KT 4277 10065 $$ SPRINGER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 140148 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 848 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2009 NEC031-140215- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-090714T0215Z/ CHERRY NE- 848 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY... AT 848 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SCHLAGEL CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BIG ALKALI LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 905 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS EXCEEDING 100 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. && LAT...LON 4260 10030 4248 10066 4283 10081 4288 10057 TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 321DEG 9KT 4270 10058 $$ SPRINGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 6:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 6:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 6:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha | 66 min |
| Jul 13, 7:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Keith | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden, Grant, Keith | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 8:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 26 min |
| Jul 13, 8:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 8:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 8:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 9:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 10:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha, Rock | 55 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.