Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 38, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2005, 8:02 PM MDT for Arthur County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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 19, 2005, 8:02 PM MDT (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2005, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Arthur County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 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 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 726 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 200202 TORLBF NEC005-200230- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0038.050820T0202Z-050820T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 802 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ARTHUR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 830 PM MDT * AT 759 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF ARTHUR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN ARTHUR COUNTY AT 820 PM MDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER 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 4173 10142 4173 10197 4151 10198 4152 10141 $$ CDC
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 200216 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 915 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 NEC005-200230- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-050820T0230Z/ ARTHUR NE- 815 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN ARTHUR COUNTY... AT 809 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ARTHUR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN ARTHUR COUNTY AT 830 PM MDT IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4173 10142 4173 10197 4151 10198 4152 10141 $$ CDC
000 WWUS53 KLBF 200230 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 929 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 NEC005-200239- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-050820T0230Z/ ARTHUR NE- 829 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ARTHUR COUNTY EXPIRES AT 830 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. NO ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME HOWEVER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. 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 4173 10142 4173 10197 4151 10198 4152 10141 $$ CDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 7:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 8:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 8:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker | 54 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.