Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 50, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2004, 7:18 PM CDT for Brown County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 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
- Jul 5, 2004, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Brown County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 14 S Johnstown, NE | |
| Jul 5, 7:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 75 | 20 S Ainsworth, NE | |
| Jul 5, 7:50 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 20 S Ainsworth, 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 432 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1990 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLBF 060018
TORLBF
NEC017-060045-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
718 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BROWN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 714 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EXTREME
EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
AINSWORTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELSMERE AROUND 730 PM CDT
RURAL SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY AROUND 740 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4231 9969 4211 9968 4210 10017 4227 10016
4255 10019 4259 10017 4256 10007
$$
MASEKThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 62 min |
| Jul 5, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Loup, Rock | 24 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.