Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2005, 5:00 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 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 5, 2005, 5:00 PM MDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2005, 5:31 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Box Butte County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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 5, 1:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1327 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KCYS 052301 TORCYS NEC013-052330- /O.NEW.KCYS.TO.W.0011.050705T2300Z-050705T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 500 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BOX BUTTE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA * UNTIL 530 PM MDT * AT 458 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF HEMINGFORD. THE SEVERE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. 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 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING. LAT...LON 4242 10331 4224 10329 4224 10292 4242 10294 $$ WEILAND
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KCYS 052321 SVSCYS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 518 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005 NEC013-052330- /O.CON.KCYS.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050705T2330Z/ BOX BUTTE NE- 518 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL BOX BUTTE COUNTY... AT 515 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 6 MILES WEST AND 5 MILES SOUTH OF HEMINGFORD. THE STORM PRODUCING THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. AT ITS CURRENT MOVEMENT...THE STORM WILL GENERALLY PASS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF HEMINGFORD. THE TORNADO WARNING AREA HAS BEEN ALTERED FROM NORTHERN BOX BUTTE COUNTY TO CENTRAL BOX BUTTE COUNTY. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING. LAT...LON 4237 10327 4219 10328 4218 10286 4236 10288 $$ WEILAND
000 WWUS55 KCYS 052331 SVSCYS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 530 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005 NEC013-052340- /O.CAN.KCYS.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050705T2330Z/ BOX BUTTE NE- 530 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BOX BUTTE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE STORM PRODUCING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS WEAKENED SINCE 515 PM. IN ADDITION...WEATHER SPOTTERS NEAR THE STORM REPORT THAT THE FUNNEL CLOUD IS NO LONGER PERESENT. FOR THAT REASON THE TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM. THE STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF HEMINGFORD AT 525 PM. THE STORM WILL MOVE TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 615 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING. LAT...LON 4237 10327 4219 10328 4218 10286 4236 10288 $$ WEILAND
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 2:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 3:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 48 min |
| Jul 5, 3:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner | 54 min |
| Jul 5, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill | 56 min |
| Jul 5, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 4:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 5:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sioux | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 62 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.