Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 71, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2009, 6:48 PM CDT for Garfield County, Loup County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 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
- Sep 2, 2009, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2009, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Garfield County, NE, Loup County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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 022348
TORLBF
NEC071-115-030015-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0071.090902T2348Z-090903T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
648 PM CDT WED SEP 2 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BURWELL...
SOUTHEASTERN LOUP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TAYLOR...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 646 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HORSESHOE
BEND LAKE...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF TAYLOR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALAMUS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA BY 705
PM CDT...
TAYLOR AND KENT DIVERSION DAM STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 715
PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING
PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 4174 9911 4174 9951 4189 9953 4199 9942
4198 9925
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 337DEG 17KT 4190 9942
$$
MASEK2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLBF 030002
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
702 PM CDT WED SEP 2 2009
NEC071-115-030015-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-090903T0015Z/
GARFIELD NE-LOUP NE-
702 PM CDT WED SEP 2 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LOUP AND SOUTHWESTERN GARFIELD COUNTIES...
AT 701 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 183 MILE
MARKER 130...OR NEAR TAYLOR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 91 MILE MARKER 40 BY 710 PM CDT...
TAYLOR AND KENT DIVERSION DAM STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 715
PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING
PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4186 9950 4194 9940 4195 9924 4174 9911
4174 9951
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 337DEG 17KT 4185 9939
$$
MASEK000
WWUS53 KLBF 030016
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
716 PM CDT WED SEP 2 2009
NEC071-115-030025-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-090903T0015Z/
GARFIELD NE-LOUP NE-
716 PM CDT WED SEP 2 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOUP AND SOUTHWESTERN
GARFIELD COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...THUS THE
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4186 9950 4194 9940 4195 9924 4174 9911
4174 9951
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 337DEG 17KT 4185 9939
$$
MASEKThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 49 min |
| Sep 2, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt | 44 min |
| Sep 2, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Loup, Rock | 50 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.