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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS North Platte, NE

April 19, 2005Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2005, 9:58 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 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, 9:58 PM MDT (03:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2005, 10:45 PM MDT
In force
47 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), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 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 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 200358
SVRLBF
NEC031-200445-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0052.050420T0358Z-050420T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1058 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT(1045 PM MDT)

* AT 1054 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF BROWNLEE TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROWNLEE TO
  20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROWNLEE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 30
  MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE TO 28 MILES NORTH OF THEDFORD TO 20 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF THEDFORD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOOD LAKE BY 1145 PM CDT

LAT...LON 4275 10081 4220 10082 4219 10021 4275 10021

$$

TLK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 200418
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1118 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005

NEC031-200445-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050420T0445Z/
CHERRY NE-
1118 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT(1045 PM
MDT) FOR EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 1114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF BROWNLEE
TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOOD LAKE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF WOOD LAKE...
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 26 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE TO 27
MILES WEST OF AINSWORTH TO 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AINSWORTH...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WOOD LAKE BY 1145 PM CDT

LAT...LON 4275 10081 4220 10082 4219 10021 4275 10021

$$

TLK
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 200444
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1143 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005

NEC031-200453-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050420T0445Z/
CHERRY NE-
1143 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 1145 PM CDT(1045 PM MDT)...

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED...THEREFORE THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE AT 1145 PM CDT. HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL MAY STILL BE 
EXPERIENCED AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NORTHEAST.


LAT...LON 4275 10081 4220 10082 4219 10021 4275 10021

$$

TLK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 6:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden, Grant30 min
Apr 19, 6:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant63 min
Apr 19, 6:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden62 min
Apr 19, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry62 min
Apr 19, 6:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur58 min
Apr 19, 7:09 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry51 min
Apr 19, 7:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant32 min
Apr 19, 7:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker54 min
Apr 19, 8:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant30 min
Apr 19, 8:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson42 min
Apr 19, 8:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry56 min
Apr 19, 8:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWheeler48 min
Apr 19, 8:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith34 min
Apr 19, 8:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas25 min
Apr 19, 8:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson48 min
Apr 19, 8:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker33 min
Apr 19, 8:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln41 min
Apr 19, 8:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas54 min
Apr 19, 8:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWheeler50 min
Apr 19, 8:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith31 min
Apr 19, 9:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry60 min
Apr 19, 9:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln46 min
Apr 19, 9:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson38 min
Apr 19, 9:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWheeler47 min
Apr 19, 10:00 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningLBFWheeler6 hr
Apr 19, 10:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan55 min
Apr 19, 10:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.