Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 12, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2005, 5:38 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 53 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 11, 2005, 5:38 PM MDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2005, 6:31 PM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Chase County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 11, 2:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLBF 112338
TORLBF
NEC029-120030-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0012.050511T2338Z-050512T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
538 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
* UNTIL 630 PM MDT
* AT 532 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTH
OF CHAMPION...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF IMPERIAL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHAMPION BY 545 PM MDT
ENDERS BY 550 PM MDT
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IMPERIAL AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUNETA BY
555 PM MDT
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4036 10179 4037 10146 4036 10136 4069 10137
4069 10167
$$
132 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLBF 120005
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
706 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
NEC029-120030-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050512T0030Z/
CHASE NE-
606 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR EASTERN CHASE
COUNTY...
AT 604 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ENDERS...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ENDERS AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IMPERIAL BY 550 PM MDT
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUNETA BY 555 PM MDT
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4036 10179 4037 10146 4036 10136 4069 10137
4069 10167
$$
13000
WWUS53 KLBF 120031
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
731 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
NEC029-120041-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050512T0030Z/
CHASE NE-
631 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CHASE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 630 PM
MDT...
ADDTIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD INTO CHASE
COUNTY THIS EVENING...AS SOME MAY CONTINUE TO CONTAIN LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4036 10179 4037 10146 4036 10136 4069 10137
4069 10167
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 9:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 39 min |
| May 11, 2:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 44 min |
| May 11, 2:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 42 min |
| May 11, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 44 min |
| May 11, 2:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 46 min |
| May 11, 2:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 61 min |
| May 11, 3:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 51 min |
| May 11, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 41 min |
| May 11, 3:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 39 min |
| May 11, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 47 min |
| May 11, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 62 min |
| May 11, 3:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 48 min |
| May 11, 4:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 39 min |
| May 11, 4:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 48 min |
| May 11, 4:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 42 min |
| May 11, 4:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 49 min |
| May 11, 4:30 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Frontier | 90 min |
| May 11, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 46 min |
| May 11, 4:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 57 min |
| May 11, 4:51 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| May 11, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 46 min |
| May 11, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 65 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.