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Tornado Warning 56, NWS North Platte, NE

July 12, 2004Wheeler County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 2004, 7:11 PM CDT for Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 min. 5 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 12, 2004, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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
Jul 12, 7:13 PM CDT	TORNADO	7 N Bartlett, NE
Jul 12, 7:13 PM CDT	TORNADO	7 N Bartlett, NE
Jul 12, 7:30 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 W Bartlett, NE	TORNADO ON GROUND
Jul 12, 7:30 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 W Bartlett, NE	TORNADO ON GROUND
Jul 12, 7:30 PM CDT	TORNADO	8 W Bartlett, NE	* 3 INJ * TORNADO DESTROYED FARMSTEAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 12, 6:20 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 4686 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1125 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.2
Supercell composite: 20.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 130011
TORLBF
NEC183-130045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
711 PM CDT MON JUL 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTH OF BARTLETT...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BARTLETT AROUND 725 PM CDT
  9 MILES EAST OF ERICSON 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4207 9831 4208 9874 4176 9874 4175 9830

$$

KAR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	45 min
Jul 12, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield	31 min
Jul 12, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Wheeler	30 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.