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Tornado Warning 24, NWS North Platte, NE

June 6, 2005Arthur County, Grant County, Hooker County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2005, 5:13 PM MDT for Arthur County, Grant County, Hooker 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 6, 2005, 5:13 PM MDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2005, 5:45 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Arthur County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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 6, 2:00 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 104 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 062313
TORLBF
NEC005-075-091-062345-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0024.050606T2313Z-050606T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
513 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ARTHUR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  WESTERN HOOKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT

* AT 512 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  OVER NORTHEASTERN ARTHUR COUNTY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  ARTHUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTY AT 530 PM MDT
  RURAL WESTERN HOOKER COUNTY AT 540 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 4185 10177 4155 10152 4176 10141 4176 10111
      4207 10124

$$

SPRINGER

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 062328
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
628 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

NEC005-075-091-062345-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050606T2345Z/
ARTHUR NE-HOOKER NE-GRANT NE-
528 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GRANT...WESTERN HOOKER AND NORTHEASTERN ARTHUR COUNTIES...

AT 522 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN ARTHUR COUNTY...OR
ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARTHUR...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN GRANT COUNTY AT 530 PM MDT
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTY AT 530 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 4185 10177 4155 10152 4176 10141 4176 10111
      4207 10124

$$

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, 4:39 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Arthur	36 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.