Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2005, 5:28 PM CDT for Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 64 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
- May 24, 2005, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2005, 6:32 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 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), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 24, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -381 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLBF 242229 SVRLBF NEC183-242330- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0154.050524T2228Z-050524T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 528 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WHEELER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF BARTLETT...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF ELGIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHEASTERN WHEELER COUNTY AT 540 PM CDT OTHER STORMS IN WESTERN WHEELER COUNTY MAY ALSO BECOME SEVERE. LAT...LON 4207 9875 4174 9875 4174 9830 4208 9830 $$ KAR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 242259 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 558 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 NEC183-242330- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-050524T2330Z/ WHEELER NE- 558 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR WHEELER COUNTY... AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF BARTLETT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BARTLETT BY 615 PM CDT LAT...LON 4207 9875 4174 9875 4174 9830 4208 9830 $$ KAR
000 WWUS53 KLBF 242332 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 629 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 NEC183-242339- /O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-050524T2330Z/ WHEELER NE- 629 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WHEELER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 630 PM CDT... THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL WHEELER COUNTY WHICH COULD CAUSE RISING WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND SOME PONDING OF WATER IN WHICH MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 11 PM CDT. LAT...LON 4207 9875 4174 9875 4174 9830 4208 9830 $$ KAR
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 24, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 337 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT IN THE NEAR TERM. WILL USE A BLEND FOR FORECAST. MAIN CONCERN IS SEVERE WX THIS EVENING. BEST DYNAMICS OVER SOUTHWEST ZONES...CAPES 3500 J/KG SB LIS -8 TO -10 LITTLE TO NO CINH. NOT MUCH SHEAR AT THE MOMENT. MC COOK PROFILER NOT PROMISING FOR SHEAR. STORM MOTION NEGLIGIBLE IN SOUNDING. IR HAS WAVE MOVING IN FROM WEST VCTY CYS. SURFACE BOUNDARY BECOMING MORE DIFFUSE WITH DAYTIME HEATING BUT WITH IR AND SURFACE OBS LIES SOMEWHERE FROM KONL-KMCK-KAKO. SHOULD SEE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OVER SOUTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON EARLY EVENING AS WAVE APPROACHES FROM WEST. HAVE GONE LIKELY SOUTHWEST EARLY ON THEN SHIFT NORTH AS COLD FRONT SURGES SOUTH OVERNIGHT. STEERING WINDS LIGHT AND PWS UP AROUND 130% OF NORMAL. HAVE GONE WITH A BLEND FOR WEDNESDAY AS GFS NOT IN A HURRY TO MOVE FRONT OUT. TEMPERATURES CUT BACK ON WED AND THURSDAY WITH COOLER AIR MOVING IN. EXTENDED FORECAST FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY BROAD TROUGH AT H5 JUST NORTH OF WINNIPEG CONTINUES TO INFLUENCE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS WEATHER PATTERN. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER FORECAST AREA ON FRIDAY WITH SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES STATIONARY BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH INTO KS AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD KEEP FORECAST AREA DRY. LEE SIDE TROUGH DEVELOPING SATURDAY IN RESPONSE TO H5 WAVE MOVING INTO PAC NORTHWEST. CHANCE FOR TSRA TO DEVELOP SATURDAY EVENING AS BOUNDARY OVER KANSAS DRIFTS NORTH AND SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS OVER NORTHEAST CO. MOISTURE LIMITED WITH CONVECTION ALONG GULF COAST. LOW DEEPENS ON SUNDAY WITH SCHC RETAINED FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SURFACE LOW MOVES INTO SOUTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT WITH PLACEMENT OF BOUNDARY KEY FOR CONVECTION. HAVE RETAINED SCHC THROUGH TUESDAY WITH NEAR ZONAL FLOW AND SERIES OF WEAK WAVES MOVING THROUGH THE PLAINS...WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR SEASON. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11PM CDT NEZ006>010-024>029-036>038-057>059-069>071. && POWER
Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 300 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-251030- ARTHUR NE-BLAINE NE-BOYD NE-BROWN NE-CHASE NE-CUSTER NE-DEUEL NE- EASTERN CHERRY NE-FRONTIER NE-GARDEN NE-GARFIELD NE-GRANT NE- HAYES NE-HOLT NE-HOOKER NE-KEITH NE-KEYA PAHA NE-LINCOLN NE-LOGAN NE- LOUP NE-MCPHERSON NE-PERKINS NE-ROCK NE-SHERIDAN NE-THOMAS NE- WESTERN CHERRY NE-WHEELER NE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AINSWORTH...ARNOLD...ARTHUR...BASSETT... BIG SPRINGS...BREWSTER...BROKEN BOW...BURWELL...CHAPPELL...CURTIS... GORDON...GRANT...HAY SPRINGS...HAYES CENTER...IMPERIAL...MULLEN... NORTH PLATTE...ONEILL...OGALLALA...OSHKOSH...RUSHVILLE...SPENCER... SPRINGVIEW...STAPLETON...TAYLOR...THEDFORD...TRYON AND VALENTINE 300 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE OUTLOOK UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. A MODERATE THREAT EXISTS ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHWEST TO INCLUDE PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CHASE COUNTY. WHILE LARGE HAIL WILL LIKELY OCCUR AS THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...INCREASING SHEAR ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHWEST WILL MAKE ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE EARLY WITH SUPERCELLS THAT DO DEVELOP OR MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA. HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER RATIOS WILL ALSO MAKE POSSIBLE THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AS STORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. KECK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 24, 3:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 336 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 NEZ006>010-024>029-036>038-057>059-069>071-250400- BLAINE NE-BOYD NE-BROWN NE-CHASE NE-CUSTER NE-FRONTIER NE- GARFIELD NE-HAYES NE-HOLT NE-HOOKER NE-KEITH NE-KEYA PAHA NE- LINCOLN NE-LOGAN NE-LOUP NE-MCPHERSON NE-PERKINS NE-ROCK NE- THOMAS NE-WHEELER NE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AINSWORTH...ARNOLD...BASSETT...BREWSTER... BROKEN BOW...BURWELL...CURTIS...GRANT...HAYES CENTER...IMPERIAL... MULLEN...NORTH PLATTE...ONEILL...OGALLALA...SPENCER...SPRINGVIEW... STAPLETON...TAYLOR...THEDFORD AND TRYON 336 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT (10 PM MDT) FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE NORTH CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE KEYA PAHA...BOYD...HOLT...ROCK...BROWN...HOOKER... THOMAS...BLAINE...LOUP...GARFIELD...WHEELER...CUSTER...LOGAN... MCPHERSON...KEITH...PERKINS...LINCOLN...FRONTIER...HAYES AND CHASE COUNTIES. SPRINGER
Local storm report, May 24, 3:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
353 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0338 PM HAIL 15 S EWING 42.04N 98.34W
05/24/2005 0.88 INCH WHEELER NE PUBLIC
&&
HANNONLocal storm report, May 24, 4:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
405 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM HAIL 13 S EWING 42.07N 98.34W
05/24/2005 0.88 INCH WHEELER NE PUBLIC
HAIL LASTED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES.
&&
HANNONThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 57 min |
| May 24, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Wheeler | 44 min |
| May 24, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 67 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.