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Tornado Warning 31, NWS North Platte, NE

July 1, 2005Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2005, 5:35 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 min. 3 reports 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, 5:35 PM MDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2005, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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

Time	Report	Where
Jul 1, 5:37 PM MDT	HAIL 1	6 Sse Valentine, NE
Jul 1, 5:40 PM MDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	6 S Valentine, NE
Jul 1, 5:55 PM MDT	HAIL 2.5	10 S Valentine, NE

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

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 012335
TORLBF
NEC031-020015-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0031.050701T2335Z-050702T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT(615 PM MDT)

* AT 631 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  VALENTINE BY 640 PM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING(900 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING) FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4296 10144 4260 10148 4263 10020 4298 10021

$$

MASEK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 012347
SVSLBF

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

NEC031-020015-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050702T0015Z/
CHERRY NE-
646 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT(615 PM MDT) FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 641 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VALENTINE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 
6 MILES SOUTH OF CODY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. BOTH STORMS ARE 
ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL HAIL SIZE HAIL.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM CDT
  RURAL EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY AT 710 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.

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 4296 10144 4260 10148 4263 10020 4298 10021

$$

MASEK

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 020000
SVSLBF

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

NEC031-020015-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050702T0015Z/
CHERRY NE-
659 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT(615 PM MDT) FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 656 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF 
VALENTINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A SECOND TORNADIC 
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTH OF CODY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 
15 MPH. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY THROUGH 715 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.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
UP TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 4293 10131 4258 10143 4263 10020 4298 10021

$$

MASEK

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, 5:12 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Hooker	33 min
Jul 1, 5:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan	43 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.