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Tornado Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE

May 21, 1995Hayes County, Perkins County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 21, 1995, 6:21 PM CDT for Hayes County, Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 1995, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hayes County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1995-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1995-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 212324
TORLBF
NEC085-135-212345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
621 PM CDT (521 PM MDT) SUN MAY 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT (545 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN HAYES COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN PERKINS COUNTY
 
AT 515 PM MDT (615 PM CDT) SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF
ELSIE. ELSIE IS 36 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
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.
 
 
FS 2323Z
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The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Perkins40 min
May 21, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFPerkins31 min
May 21, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln36 min
May 21, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHayes, Lincoln37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.