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Tornado Warning 22, NWS North Platte, NE

June 4, 2005Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 8:16 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 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, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 44 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), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 15 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 050117
TORLBF
NEC111-050200-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0022.050605T0116Z-050605T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 814 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BRADY...OR
  ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOTHENBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 830 PM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

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 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4123 10061 4074 10065 4073 10022 4125 10026

$$

JWS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 050135
SVSLBF

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

NEC111-050200-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050605T0200Z/
LINCOLN NE-
833 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR EASTERN LINCOLN
COUNTY...

AT 828 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRADY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF GOTHENBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY ALONG INTERSTATE 80 THROUGH 900 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.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL.

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 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4123 10061 4074 10065 4073 10022 4125 10026

$$
JWS

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 050200
SVSLBF

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

NEC111-050209-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050605T0200Z/
LINCOLN NE-
859 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 900 PM
CDT...

AT 900 PM CDT...NORTH PLATTE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM 
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED EAST OUT OF THE COUNTY.

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.

LAT...LON 4123 10061 4074 10065 4073 10022 4125 10026

$$

JWS

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, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Lincoln	32 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, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	33 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.