Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 57, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT for Wheeler 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
- Jul 12, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2004, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 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), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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 12, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 2926 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2338 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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 130045 TORLBF NEC183-130115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 745 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 815 PM CDT * AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ERICSON... OR ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF BURWELL...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... ERICSON AROUND 755 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 9873 4176 9873 4175 9831 4200 9831 $$ 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, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.