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Tornado Warning 38, NWS North Platte, NE

June 7, 2004Blaine County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2004, 7:30 PM CDT for Blaine County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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 7, 2004, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2004, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Blaine County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 52 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 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
Jun 7, 8:20 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	7 E Dunning, NE

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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1425 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3489 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

430 
WFUS53 KLBF 080030
TORLBF
NEC009-080115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
730 PM CDT MON JUN 7 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 726 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  BREWSTER...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHERN BLAINE COUNTY THROUGH 800 PM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 4203 10012 4174 10012 4176 9970 4207 9969

$$

JWS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine	45 min
Jun 7, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	43 min
Jun 7, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan	47 min
Jun 7, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine	44 min
Jun 7, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	53 min
Jun 7, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan	28 min
Jun 7, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	62 min
Jun 8, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Loup	24 min
Jun 8, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln	63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.