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Tornado Warning 37, NWS North Platte, NE

May 29, 2004Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2004, 8:15 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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 29, 2004, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2004, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lincoln County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 7 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 422 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
422 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2375 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

410 
WFUS53 KLBF 300115
TORLBF
NEC111-300145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
814 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 810 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTERS NEAR FORT 
MCPHERESON...NEARLY STATIONARY.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BRADY AROUND 835 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 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4137 10070 4072 10069 4072 10024 4137 10030

$$

CAB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBrown35 min
May 29, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Hayes50 min
May 29, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine62 min
May 29, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFRock56 min
May 29, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln29 min
May 29, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster53 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.