Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2020
Tornado Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2020, 6:56 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 49 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
- Jun 8, 2020, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2020, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:26 PM CDT | TORNADO | 12 Ne Maxwell, NE | DELAYED REPORT. BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WITH NO DAMAGE REPORTED. REPORT UPDATED FOR LAT AND LONG. |
| Jun 8, 7:26 PM CDT | TORNADO | 14 N Brady, NE | DELAYED REPORT. BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WITH NO DAMAGE REPORTED. |
| Jun 8, 7:41 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 16 Se Stapleton, NE | TIME AND LOCATION IS APPROXIMATED. |
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 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
930
WFUS53 KLBF 082356
TORLBF
NEC111-090045-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0005.200608T2356Z-200609T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
656 PM CDT Mon Jun 8 2020
The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Lincoln County in southwestern Nebraska...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 656 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Maxwell, or 16 miles east of North Platte, moving
northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Lincoln County, including the following locations...
Keith.
This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 187 and
198.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4099 10040 4106 10060 4138 10052 4137 10025
4109 10029
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 202DEG 21KT 4110 10046
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
JWS2 follow-up statements
012
WWUS53 KLBF 090004
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
704 PM CDT Mon Jun 8 2020
NEC111-090045-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-200609T0045Z/
Lincoln NE-
704 PM CDT Mon Jun 8 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...
At 704 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Maxwell, or 15 miles east of North Platte, moving
northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Brady, Maxwell and Keith.
This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 187 and
198.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4099 10040 4106 10060 4138 10052 4137 10025
4109 10029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 214DEG 17KT 4112 10047
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
JWS113
WWUS53 KLBF 090022
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
722 PM CDT Mon Jun 8 2020
NEC111-090045-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-200609T0045Z/
Lincoln NE-
722 PM CDT Mon Jun 8 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...
At 722 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Maxwell, or 16 miles east of North Platte, moving
northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Brady, Maxwell and Keith.
This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 187 and
198.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4099 10040 4106 10060 4138 10052 4137 10025
4109 10029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 206DEG 21KT 4112 10045
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
JWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Grant | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 2:33 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | LBF | Arthur, Chase, Custer, Deuel, Frontier, Garden and 6 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Blaine | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Blaine, Rock | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Thomas | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 47 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.