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Tornado Warning 39, NWS North Platte, NE

August 25, 2005Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2005, 7:48 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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: Aug 25, 2005, 7:48 PM MDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2005, 8:30 PM MDT
In force: 42 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), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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
Aug 25, 7:48 PM MDT	HAIL 0.88	28 Nne Hyannis, NE	DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 2370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1149 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 3.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 260149
TORLBF
NEC031-260230-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0039.050826T0148Z-050826T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
748 PM MDT THU AUG 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM MDT(930 PM CDT)

* AT 745 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 37 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MERRITT RESERVOIR DAM...OR ABOUT 37 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MULLEN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY AT 800 PM MDT

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 900 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING(1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING) FOR SOUTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1000 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING(1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING) FOR NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 100 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING(200 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING) FOR
WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4258 10167 4234 10163 4225 10076 4265 10077

$$

DDB

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 260208
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
908 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

NEC031-260230-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050826T0230Z/
CHERRY NE-
808 PM MDT THU AUG 25 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT(930 PM CDT)
FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 805 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 32 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MERRITT RESERVOIR DAM...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MULLEN...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY AT 820 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.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 900 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING(1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING) FOR SOUTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1000 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING(1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING) FOR NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 100 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING(200 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING) FOR
WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4258 10167 4234 10163 4225 10076 4265 10077

$$

DDB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 6:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	54 min
Aug 25, 6:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith	48 min
Aug 25, 6:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln, Perkins	32 min
Aug 25, 8:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	43 min
Aug 25, 10:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Loup, Rock	37 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.