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Tornado Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE

April 19, 2005Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2005, 5:56 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 49 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: Apr 19, 2005, 5:56 PM MDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2005, 6:45 PM MDT
In force: 49 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), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 19, 2:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 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: 480 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -421 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1129 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 192356
TORLBF
NEC031-200045-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0004.050419T2356Z-050420T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
556 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT

* AT 555 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
  SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY AT 610 PM MDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
TENNIS 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 4208 10190 4216 10169 4242 10183 4232 10210

$$

MASEK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 200005
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
702 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005

NEC031-200045-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050420T0045Z/
CHERRY NE-
602 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 600 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN
CHERRY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 5 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY AT 610 PM MDT

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

AT AROUND 555 PM MDT TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED COVERING 
THE GROUND BY THE PUBLIC 10 NORTH NORTHWEST OF HYANNIS. 

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 4209 10200 4210 10165 4234 10163 4232 10195

$$

MASEK

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 200020
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
719 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005

NEC031-200045-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050420T0045Z/
CHERRY NE-
619 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 619 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN
CHERRY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 38 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 5 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY THROUGH 645 PM MDT

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.

LAT...LON 4209 10200 4210 10165 4234 10163 4232 10195

$$

MASEK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 18, 7:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	56 min
Apr 19, 3:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden, Grant	41 min
Apr 19, 3:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	34 min
Apr 19, 4:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	59 min
Apr 19, 4:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Grant, Sheridan	50 min
Apr 19, 5:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	59 min
Apr 19, 5:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Grant	63 min
Apr 19, 5:30 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Garden	30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.