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Tornado Warning 27, NWS North Platte, NE

June 9, 2005Frontier County, Nebraska

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 10:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster41 min
Jun 9, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden61 min
Jun 9, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Loup27 min
Jun 9, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant40 min
Jun 9, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant37 min
Jun 9, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Hooker45 min
Jun 9, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry47 min
Jun 9, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry41 min
Jun 9, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier41 min
Jun 9, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry31 min
Jun 9, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown27 min
Jun 9, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha25 min
Jun 9, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine30 min
Jun 9, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine28 min
Jun 9, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster30 min
Jun 9, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine25 min
Jun 9, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLoup25 min
Jun 9, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase52 min
Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine30 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.