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Tornado Warning 52, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2004, 8:06 PM CDT for Loup County, Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 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
- Jul 5, 2004, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 060106
TORLBF
NEC115-149-060130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
805 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LOUP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
ROCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
ROSE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF BREWSTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
8 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ROSE AROUND 812 PM CDT
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BASEBALL 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4225 9925 4201 9923 4187 9923 4184 9928
4185 9953 4189 9962 4201 9968 4209 9969
4209 9965 4234 9965 4233 9950
$$
MASEKThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown | 27 min |
| 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 |
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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.