Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 70, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 23, 2004, 8:17 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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 23, 2004, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2004, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Custer County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 689 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 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 240117 TORLBF NEC041-240145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 816 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BROKEN BOW...ARNOLD * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MILBURN... OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF BREWSTER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... GATES BY 825 PM CDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM AND A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN CUSTER COUNTY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER 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 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4104 10022 4173 10024 4173 9922 4105 9920 $$ MASEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 52 min |
| Aug 23, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 52 min |
| Aug 23, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Logan | 60 min |
| Aug 23, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 60 min |
| Aug 23, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Loup | 67 min |
| Aug 24, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 66 min |
| Aug 24, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 54 min |
| Aug 24, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 64 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.