Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 72, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Sep 24, 2009, 2:44 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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
- Sep 24, 2009, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2009, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 3:10 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 E Maxwell, NE | PUBLIC REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS BETWEEN BRADY AND MAXWELL AND RELAYED THROUGH KNOP BY THOMAS KIPPEN. |
| Sep 24, 3:14 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 W Brady, NE | FUNNEL CLOUDS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND DISSIPATE BETWEEN MAXWELL AND BRADY. |
| Sep 24, 3:17 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 S Maxwell, NE | FUNNEL CLOUDS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AND DISSIPATING. |
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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 241944 TORLBF NEC111-242015- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0072.090924T1944Z-090924T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 244 PM CDT THU SEP 24 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 243 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR BRADY...OR 23 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BRADY BY 250 PM CDT... JEFFREY CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 255 PM CDT... COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND MAXWELL BY 315 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 4090 10060 4113 10060 4111 10023 4093 10023 TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 090DEG 9KT 4102 10035 $$ TAYLOR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 242000 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 300 PM CDT THU SEP 24 2009 NEC111-242015- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-090924T2015Z/ LINCOLN NE- 300 PM CDT THU SEP 24 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 257 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE ROTATION JUST NORTH OF BRADY. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED EARLIER. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES NORTH OF JEFFREY CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 305 PM CDT... COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND MAXWELL BY 315 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 4090 10060 4113 10060 4111 10023 4093 10023 TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 090DEG 9KT 4104 10038 $$ TAYLOR
000 WWUS53 KLBF 242020 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 320 PM CDT THU SEP 24 2009 NEC111-242028- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-090924T2015Z/ LINCOLN NE- 320 PM CDT THU SEP 24 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IN THE BRADY AREA HAS WEAKEND. WEAK FUNNELS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...BUT THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. LAT...LON 4090 10060 4113 10060 4111 10023 4093 10023 TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 090DEG 9KT 4104 10039 $$ TAYLOR
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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.