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Tornado Warning 20, NWS North Platte, NE

June 4, 2005Blaine County, Nebraska

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 9:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFFrontier, Hayes, Lincoln3 hr
Jun 4, 12:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFFrontier, Hayes, Lincoln6 hr
Jun 4, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith56 min
Jun 4, 1:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKeith26 min
Jun 4, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKeith30 min
Jun 4, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur64 min
Jun 4, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFArthur, McPherson45 min
Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson60 min
Jun 4, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHooker, McPherson33 min
Jun 4, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan, McPherson, Thomas61 min
Jun 4, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBlaine27 min
Jun 4, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas61 min
Jun 4, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown62 min
Jun 4, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine65 min
Jun 4, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFRock63 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.