Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2005, 4:15 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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 17, 2005, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2005, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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 17, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -650 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1316 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 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 172115 TORLBF NEC111-172145- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0013.050517T2115Z-050517T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 415 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 411 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HERSHEY... OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 430 PM CDT DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. 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. LAT...LON 4114 10117 4104 10097 4139 10068 4138 10111 $$ JMC
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 172129 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 427 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2005 NEC111-172145- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050517T2145Z/ LINCOLN NE- 427 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 421 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JUST NORTH OF HERSHEY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 440 PM CDT WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4114 10117 4104 10097 4138 10067 4138 10111 $$ JMC
000 WWUS53 KLBF 172134 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 434 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2005 NEC111-172145- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050517T2145Z/ LINCOLN NE- 434 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 431 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HERSHEY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 440 PM CDT WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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. LAT...LON 4114 10117 4104 10097 4137 10042 4138 10111 $$ JMC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 64 min |
| May 17, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 37 min |
| May 17, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 66 min |
| May 17, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 31 min |
| May 17, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 53 min |
| May 17, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry | 53 min |
| May 17, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine | 48 min |
| May 17, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, Thomas | 41 min |
| May 17, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 57 min |
| May 17, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown | 43 min |
| May 17, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine | 45 min |
| May 17, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 52 min |
| May 17, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 45 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.