Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 21, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2004, 7:27 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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
- May 22, 2004, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 309 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1420 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
617 WFUS53 KLBF 230027 TORLBF NEC111-230100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 726 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MAXWELL... OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AROUND 740 PM CDT RURAL NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AROUND 800 PM CDT 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4138 10072 4091 10074 4091 10025 4140 10029 $$ JWS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 16 min |
| May 22, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 45 min |
| May 22, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 46 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.