Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 332, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2005, 6:23 PM MDT for Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 20, 2005, 6:23 PM MDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2005, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cherry County, NE, Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 7:15 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 Wsw Merriman, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 52 minutes after it went out.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 5:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 1966 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLBF 210024 SVRLBF NEC031-161-210130- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0332.050721T0023Z-050721T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 623 PM MDT WED JUL 20 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 730 PM MDT * AT 620 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTH OF GORDON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GORDON BY 650 PM MDT LAT...LON 4298 10251 4266 10230 4267 10144 4297 10157 $$ KAR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 210045 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 744 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2005 NEC031-161-210130- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0332.000000T0000Z-050721T0130Z/ SHERIDAN NE-CHERRY NE- 644 PM MDT WED JUL 20 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY AND NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES... AT 637 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 22 MILES WEST OF MERRIMAN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF GORDON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 12 MILES WEST OF MERRIMAN AT 700 PM MDT IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4298 10229 4269 10204 4267 10144 4297 10157 $$ KAR
000 WWUS53 KLBF 210109 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 806 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2005 NEC161-210116- /O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0332.000000T0000Z-050721T0130Z/ SHERIDAN NE- 706 PM MDT WED JUL 20 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHERIDAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHEAST SHERIDAN COUNTY HAS MOVE EAST INTO NORTHWEST CHERRY COUNTY. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4298 10207 4269 10204 4267 10144 4297 10157 $$ NEC031-210130- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0332.000000T0000Z-050721T0130Z/ CHERRY NE- 706 PM MDT WED JUL 20 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY... AT 700 PM MDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF MERRIMAN TO 16 MILES WEST OF MERRIMAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERRIMAN AT 720 PM MDT IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4298 10207 4269 10204 4267 10144 4297 10157 $$ 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 Jul 20, 12:20 PM MDT, 6 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 12:20 PM MDT, 6 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 120 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2005 .DISCUSSION... TEMPERATURE FCST IS ON BECOMING A LITTLE CLEARER AS HEAT LOW CENTERED OVER KLBF AT 18Z IS THE FOCUS FOR VERY WARM WEATHER. HIGHEST TEMPS ARE LOCATED ACROSS THE SW QUADRANT OF THE LOW WITH READING AOA 100F. THRU SUNDAY THE GFS/NAM MIGRATE THIS LOW NORTH AND SOUTH DAILY. TEMPS... THURSDAY/FRIDAY...HEAT LOW REMAINS NEARLY STNRY ON THURS MIGRATING SLIGHTLY SOUTH AT NIGHT. ON FRIDAY THE LOW IS LOCATED OVER WRN KS WITH MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE FCST AREA IN THE COOLER BUT STILL HUMID N SIDE. THIS LOW FILLS AND REDEVELOPS ACROSS WRN SD SATURDAY AM AND TRACKS SLOWLY E INTO CNTL SD DURING THE AFTN. THE NAM SUGGEST 100+F TEMPS ACROSS MUCH OF THE FCST AREA. SUNDAY...THE NAM/GFS ARE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE POSITION OF THE H5 RIDGE. BOTH MODELS SUGGEST SFC HEAT LOW WILL BE LOCATED OVER OR CLOSE TO SWRN NEB. FCST THEN IS FOR 100+F TEMPS NEAR AND S OF THIS LOW. MONDAY...HEAT LOW DROPS SOUTH. UA FORCING AND MOISTURE APPEAR SUFFICIENT OF SOME CHC OF TSTMS WHICH WILL BEGIN TO COOL THINGS OFF. TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...TEMPS CONTINUE DOWNWARD SLIDE AS HEIGHTS LOWER. UPPER LEVEL PATTERN GOES THROUGH A MAJOR TRANSITION WITH DEEP UA TROF FORMING OVER THE GREAT LAKES. MOISTURE FIELDS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST TSTM ACTIVITY. FCST AREA IS IN THE BAROCLINIC ROUGH AT THIS POINT. PCPN...WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT CHC POP TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. ACTIVITY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL FOCUS MOSTLY NE OF THE SFC LOW IN THE DEEPER MOISTURE. SOME DRYLINE ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE EACH DAY ALSO. SATURDAY LOOKS CAPPED. && LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && CDC
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 6:06 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 706 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2005 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-210606- 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 706 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT (11 PM MDT)... .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN BRINGING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE HIGH BASED WITH MORE WIND...AND POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING THAN RAINFALL. FURTHER NORTH INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DROP SOUTHEAST WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP POSSIBLE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF GORDON TO AINSWORTH MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE EXTREME HEAT WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO MONDAY. A HEAT LOW WILL REMAIN POSITIONED OVER THE SOUTHWEST WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS. THE HEAT WILL RESULT IN THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX INTO THE HIGH AND VERY HIGH CATEGORIES ACROSS THE WEST. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ON THURSDAY IN AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM VALENTINE AND BROWNLEE IN CHERRY COUNTY...TO BROKEN BOW IN CUSTER COUNTY. WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL EFFICIENTLY INHIBIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT UNTIL AFTER 3 PM CDT. THEN RAPID STORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT...THEN A LESS CHANCE UNTIL LATE MONDAY WITH ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED MAINLY FOR AREAS NORTH OF GORDON TO AINSWORTH THIS EVENING. KAR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 619 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2005 NEZ005-006-008-009-094-210500- BROWN NE-EASTERN CHERRY NE-KEYA PAHA NE-ROCK NE-WESTERN CHERRY NE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AINSWORTH...BASSETT... SPRINGVIEW AND VALENTINE 619 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 652 VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT (11 PM MDT) FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA...HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT (11 PM MDT). THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCHARE...BROWN...CHERRY...KEYA PAHA... AND ROCK. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...WARNINGS... AND STATEMENTS. KAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 7:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 55 min |
| Jul 20, 8:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha | 53 min |
| Jul 20, 8:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha, Rock | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 8:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock | 56 min |
| Jul 20, 9:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 70 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.