Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 20, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 5:28 PM CDT for Blaine County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Blaine County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 042228 TORLBF NEC009-042300- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0020.050604T2228Z-050604T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 528 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREWSTER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BREWSTER BY 535 PM CDT 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 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4207 10026 4178 10023 4183 9971 4207 9981 $$ SPRINGER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 042241 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 540 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 NEC009-042300- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050604T2300Z/ BLAINE NE- 540 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR BLAINE COUNTY... AT 535 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF BREWSTER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BREWSTER BY 600 PM CDT IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4207 10026 4178 10023 4183 9971 4207 9981 $$ SPRINGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 9:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 56 min |
| Jun 4, 1:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, McPherson | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hooker, McPherson | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Rock | 63 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.