Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 64, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 2004, 4:14 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 61 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
- Aug 15, 2004, 4:14 PM MDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2004, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 1:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 152214 TORLBF NEC161-152315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 414 PM MDT SUN AUG 15 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA * UNTIL 515 PM MDT * AT 410 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 30 MILES NORTH OF ANTIOCH...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAY SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY AT 430 PM MDT 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 MDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4268 10212 4264 10274 4206 10270 4205 10206 $$ TLK
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 61 min |
| Aug 15, 3:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 59 min |
| Aug 15, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 60 min |
| Aug 15, 4:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 5:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 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.