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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS North Platte, NE

April 15, 2005Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2005, 8:30 AM MDT for Cherry 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
Apr 15, 2005, 8:30 AM MDT (14:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2005, 9:31 AM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
762 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 151431
SVRLBF
NEC031-151530-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0021.050415T1430Z-050415T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
930 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT(930 AM MDT)

* AT 928 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTH OF BROWNLEE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF THEDFORD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY THROUGH 1030 AM CDT
  
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4252 10081 4209 10078 4209 10018 4252 10020

$$

JWS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 151503
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1002 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2005

NEC031-151530-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050415T1530Z/
CHERRY NE-
1002 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 AM CDT(930 AM
MDT) FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 958 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF ELSMERE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF THEDFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELSMERE BY 1025 AM CDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4252 10081 4209 10078 4209 10018 4252 10020

$$

JWS
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 151531
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1030 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2005

NEC031-151540-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050415T1530Z/
CHERRY NE-
1030 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 1030 AM CDT(930 AM MDT)...

AT 1030 AM CDT...NORTH PLATTE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM 
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. 
HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND 
SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEAST CHERRY COUNTY THROUGH 1130 
AM CDT.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFOREMENT FOR FURTHER RELAY 
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4252 10081 4209 10078 4209 10018 4252 10020

$$

JWS

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 7:01 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker61 min
Apr 15, 7:54 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.