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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS North Platte, NE

April 19, 2005Wheeler County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2005, 9:12 PM CDT for Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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 19, 2005, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
48 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), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 00:00Z on 2005-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1502 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2005-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
1502 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 200213
SVRLBF
NEC183-200300-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0039.050420T0212Z-050420T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
912 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WHEELER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 910 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BARTLETT...OR ABOUT 22 MILES WEST OF
  ELGIN...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BARTLETT AT 930 PM CDT
  RURAL NORTHERN WHEELER COUNTY AT 940 PM CDT

LAT...LON 4175 9874 4175 9830 4207 9831 4207 9874

$$

KAR
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 200230
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
930 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005

NEC183-200300-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050420T0300Z/
WHEELER NE-
930 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
WHEELER COUNTY...

AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BARTLETT...OR
ABOUT 27 MILES EAST OF BURWELL...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN NEAR...
  BARTLETT AT 945 PM CDT

LAT...LON 4175 9874 4175 9830 4207 9831 4207 9874

$$

KAR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden, Grant30 min
Apr 19, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant63 min
Apr 19, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden62 min
Apr 19, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry62 min
Apr 19, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur58 min
Apr 19, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry51 min
Apr 19, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant32 min
Apr 19, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker54 min
Apr 19, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant30 min
Apr 19, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson42 min
Apr 19, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry56 min
Apr 19, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith34 min
Apr 19, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas25 min
Apr 19, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson48 min
Apr 19, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker33 min
Apr 19, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln41 min
Apr 19, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas54 min
Apr 19, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWheeler50 min
Apr 19, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith31 min
Apr 19, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry60 min
Apr 19, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln46 min
Apr 19, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson38 min
Apr 19, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWheeler47 min
Apr 19, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry47 min
Apr 19, 11:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFWheeler6 hr
Apr 19, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan55 min
Apr 19, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln48 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.