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Tornado Warning 21, NWS North Platte, NE

June 4, 2005Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 7:28 PM CDT for Lincoln 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, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 32 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), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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, 1:25 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 4, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 17 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: 734 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1264 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 050027
TORLBF
NEC111-050100-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0021.050605T0028Z-050605T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL
  LINCOLN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY AT 740 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. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4111 10077 4095 10088 4079 10056 4099 10042

$$

SPRINGER

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 050036
SVSLBF

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

NEC111-050100-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050605T0100Z/
LINCOLN NE-
735 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN
COUNTY...

AT 729 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL LINCOLN
COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING EAST AT
10 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY AT 740 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.

AN OFF-DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTER REPORTED TENNIS BALL 
SIZED HAIL AT 733 PM CDT 12 MILES SOUTH OF 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 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4111 10077 4095 10088 4079 10056 4099 10042

$$

SPRINGER

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 050043
SVSLBF

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

NEC111-050100-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050605T0100Z/
LINCOLN NE-
743 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN
COUNTY...

AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL LINCOLN
COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY AT 750 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4111 10077 4095 10088 4079 10056 4099 10042

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	58 min
Jun 4, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Rock	31 min
Jun 4, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	60 min
Jun 4, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	61 min
Jun 4, 8:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Lincoln	44 min
Jun 4, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	33 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 2005 Every tornado warning in 2005 Tornadoes in 2005

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.