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Tornado Warning 18, NWS North Platte, NE

June 4, 2005Hooker County, McPherson County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 2:56 PM MDT for Hooker County, McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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: Jun 4, 2005, 2:56 PM MDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2005, 3:29 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hooker County, NE, McPherson County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 4, 12:25 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 81 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 042056
TORLBF
NEC091-117-042145-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0018.050604T2056Z-050604T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
256 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL MCPHERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  SOUTHEASTERN HOOKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT(445 PM CDT)

* AT 352 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTH
  CENTRAL MCPHERSON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRYON...
  MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHERN HOOKER COUNTY AT 310 PM MDT
  RURAL CENTRAL HOOKER COUNTY AT 320 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT SATURDAY
EVENING(800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING) FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4162 10126 4168 10084 4195 10087 4195 10120

$$

KAR

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 042119
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
419 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

NEC091-117-042145-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050604T2145Z/
MCPHERSON NE-HOOKER NE-
319 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM MDT(445 PM CDT) FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HOOKER AND NORTH CENTRAL MCPHERSON COUNTIES...

AT 416 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN
MCPHERSON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRYON...MOVING
NORTH AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY AT 425 PM CDT
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN HOOKER COUNTY AT 335 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.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT SATURDAY
EVENING(800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING) FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4162 10126 4168 10084 4195 10087 4195 10120

$$

KAR

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 042129
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
427 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

NEC091-117-042137-
/O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050604T2145Z/
MCPHERSON NE-HOOKER NE-
327 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOOKER AND NORTH CENTRAL
MCPHERSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND NO 
LONGER INDICATED ROTATION. VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES TO AN 
INCH AND A HALF PER HOUR IS LIKELY HOWEVER. 

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT SATURDAY
EVENING(800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING) FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4162 10126 4168 10084 4195 10087 4195 10120

$$

KAR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 8:37 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln	3 hr
Jun 3, 11:26 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln	6 hr
Jun 4, 12:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith	56 min
Jun 4, 12:34 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Keith	26 min
Jun 4, 1:00 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Keith	30 min
Jun 4, 1:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur	64 min
Jun 4, 1:45 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Arthur, McPherson	45 min
Jun 4, 2:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	McPherson	60 min
Jun 4, 3:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan, McPherson, Thomas	61 min
Jun 4, 4:03 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Blaine	27 min
Jun 4, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Thomas	61 min
Jun 4, 4:28 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Blaine	32 min
Jun 4, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown	62 min
Jun 4, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine	65 min
Jun 4, 5:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Rock	63 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.