Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 30, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2005, 5:12 PM MDT for Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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, 5:12 PM MDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2005, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 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), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 5:25 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 10 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 1:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 012312 TORLBF NEC091-012345- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0030.050701T2312Z-050701T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 512 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL HOOKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 545 PM MDT * AT 511 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL HOOKER COUNTY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF MULLEN...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN HOOKER COUNTY AT 530 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 4199 10121 4176 10120 4175 10086 4196 10088 $$ SPRINGER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 012333 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 630 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005 NEC091-012345- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-050701T2345Z/ HOOKER NE- 530 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR EASTERN HOOKER COUNTY... AT 526 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL HOOKER COUNTY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF MULLEN...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. IT APPEARED THAT THE ROTATION WAS WEAKENING...BUT THE POTENTIAL IS STILL PRESENT FOR TORNADO. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN HOOKER COUNTY AT 540 PM MDT IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4199 10121 4176 10120 4175 10086 4196 10088 $$ SPRINGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 4:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hooker | 26 min |
| Jul 1, 4:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 66 min |
| Jul 1, 5:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 5:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 5:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 61 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.