Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 35, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 10, 2005, 4:12 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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
- Aug 10, 2005, 4:12 PM MDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2005, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 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), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 390 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 887 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 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 102212 TORLBF NEC031-102245- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0035.050810T2212Z-050810T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 512 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 545 PM CDT(445 PM MDT) * AT 509 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MERRITT RESERVOIR DAM...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY AT 530 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 WEDNESDAY EVENING(900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING) FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4296 10117 4239 10114 4239 10022 4297 10022 $$ CDC
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 102224 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 523 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 NEC031-102245- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050810T2245Z/ CHERRY NE- 523 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM CDT(445 PM MDT) FOR NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY... AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOOD LAKE...OR ABOUT 27 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 83 LOOKING EAST IN RURAL EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING(900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING) FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4296 10117 4239 10114 4239 10022 4297 10022 $$ CDC
000 WWUS53 KLBF 102234 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 532 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 NEC031-102245- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050810T2245Z/ CHERRY NE- 532 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM CDT(445 PM MDT) FOR NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY... AT 529 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOOD LAKE...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 83 LOOKING EAST IN RURAL EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY 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...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 WEDNESDAY EVENING(900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING) FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4296 10117 4239 10114 4239 10022 4297 10022 $$ CDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 3:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 54 min |
| Aug 10, 3:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 4:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 5:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry | 30 min |
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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.