Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 27, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2005, 3:38 PM CDT for Frontier County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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 9, 2005, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2005, 4:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Frontier County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 9, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 092038 TORLBF NEC063-092130- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0027.050609T2038Z-050609T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 338 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FRONTIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 334 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF STOCKVILLE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCCOOK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... STOCKVILLE BY 400 PM CDT WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4068 10075 4035 10072 4035 10012 4069 10003 $$ JWS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 092057 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 356 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 NEC063-092130- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-050609T2130Z/ FRONTIER NE- 356 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR FRONTIER COUNTY... AT 352 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF STOCKVILLE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCCOOK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY AT 420 PM CDT IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4068 10075 4035 10072 4035 10012 4069 10003 $$ JWS
000 WWUS53 KLBF 092117 RRA SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 417 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 NEC063-092127- /O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-050609T2130Z/ FRONTIER NE- 417 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FRONTIER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 417 PM CDT...NORTH PLATTE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSED A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4068 10075 4035 10072 4035 10012 4069 10003 $$ JWS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 10:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Loup | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine | 28 min |
| Jun 9, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Loup | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine | 30 min |
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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.