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Tornado Warning 7, NWS North Platte, NE

May 16, 2004Holt County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2004, 7:13 PM CDT for Holt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 17 min. 2 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: May 16, 2004, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2004, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Holt County, NE

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 16, 7:21 PM CDT	TORNADO	Page, NE	TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR PAGE LIFTED 1M E
May 16, 7:21 PM CDT	TORNADO	Page, NE	TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR PAIGE LIFTED 1M E

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
May 16, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 196 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: 991 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

589 
WFUS53 KLBF 170013
TORLBF
NEC089-170030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
713 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 707 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  NEAR PAGE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF ONEILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

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 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4234 9916 4210 9916 4210 9833 4257 9830

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TLK

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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.