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Tornado Warning 29, NWS North Platte, NE

July 1, 2005Hooker County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2005, 4:49 PM MDT for Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2005, 4:49 PM MDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2005, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hooker County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 5:25 PM MDTHAIL 0.8810 S Mullen, NE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 1, 1:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2005-07-01Temperature 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 2005-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
1742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 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 012249
TORLBF
NEC091-012315-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0029.050701T2249Z-050701T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
449 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HOOKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 447 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL
  HOOKER COUNTY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN...MOVING EAST
  AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL HOOKER COUNTY AT 500 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.

LAT...LON 4196 10131 4178 10132 4174 10090 4196 10088

$$

SPRINGER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 012259
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
559 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005

NEC091-012315-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050701T2315Z/
HOOKER NE-
459 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR SOUTHERN HOOKER
COUNTY...

AT 457 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
OVER CENTRAL HOOKER COUNTY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF MULLEN...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL HOOKER COUNTY AT 510 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.

LAT...LON 4196 10131 4178 10132 4174 10090 4196 10088

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 3:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins58 min
Jul 1, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln57 min
Jul 1, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker60 min
Jul 1, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry62 min
Jul 1, 4:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln46 min
Jul 1, 5:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry66 min
Jul 1, 5:12 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFHooker33 min
Jul 1, 5:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan43 min
Jul 1, 5:35 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry40 min
Jul 1, 5:38 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry, Hooker37 min
Jul 1, 5:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.