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Tornado Warning 33, NWS North Platte, NE

July 1, 2005Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2005, 6:15 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 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, 6:15 PM MDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2005, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 45 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), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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	Remark
Jul 1, 6:20 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	10 S Wood Lake, NE	CORRECTION OF LOCATION. PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND LARGER ON THE 10 S OF WOOD LAKE AND 3 W OF CHERRY/BROWN COUNTY LINE. HAIL LASTED FOR 5-10 MINUTES.

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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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: 1252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2179 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 020015
TORLBF
NEC031-020100-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0033.050702T0015Z-050702T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT(700 PM MDT)

* AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF VALENTINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WOOD LAKE BY 730 PM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
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.

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

LAT...LON 4210 10124 4280 10126 4289 10107 4290 10021
      4209 10017

$$

MASEK

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 020030
SVSLBF

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

NEC091-171-020115-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0277.000000T0000Z-050702T0115Z/
THOMAS NE-HOOKER NE-
730 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT(715 PM
MDT) FOR NORTHEASTERN HOOKER AND THOMAS COUNTIES...

AT 726 PM CDT(626 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF THEDFORD TO MULLEN...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SENECA BY 750 PM CDT
  THEDFORD BY 815 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.

LAT...LON 4175 10081 4207 10113 4206 10028 4176 10031

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 6:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hooker, Thomas	60 min
Jul 1, 6:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown	54 min
Jul 1, 7:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	59 min
Jul 1, 7:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan, Thomas	60 min
Jul 1, 7:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan, Thomas	64 min
Jul 1, 8:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Logan	19 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.