Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 23, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2005, 4:39 PM MDT for Arthur County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 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 6, 2005, 4:39 PM MDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2005, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Arthur County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 6, 2:00 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 289 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 062239 TORLBF NEC005-062315- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0023.050606T2239Z-050606T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 439 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN ARTHUR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 515 PM MDT * AT 435 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARTHUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... ARTHUR BY 445 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 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4164 10185 4141 10171 4150 10142 4174 10143 $$ SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 062250 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 550 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 NEC005-062315- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050606T2315Z/ ARTHUR NE- 450 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR ARTHUR COUNTY... AT 446 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ARTHUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ARTHUR BY 450 PM MDT IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4164 10185 4141 10171 4150 10142 4174 10143 $$ SPRINGER
000 WWUS53 KLBF 062302 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 602 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 NEC005-062315- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050606T2315Z/ ARTHUR NE- 502 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR ARTHUR COUNTY... AT 501 PM MDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARTHUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHEASTERN ARTHUR COUNTY UNTIL 515 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 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4164 10185 4141 10171 4150 10142 4174 10143 $$ SPRINGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 3:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 65 min |
| Jun 6, 5:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant, Hooker | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 5:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | McPherson | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 5:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hooker | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 62 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.