Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 41, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Sep 8, 2005, 4:51 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 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
- Sep 8, 2005, 4:51 PM MDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2005, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 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), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1182 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 082252 TORLBF NEC031-082315- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0041.050908T2251Z-050908T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 451 PM MDT THU SEP 8 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 515 PM MDT * AT 448 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 43 MILES SOUTH OF GORDON... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY AT 510 PM MDT 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 4242 10204 4210 10202 4210 10143 4238 10142 $$ KAR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 082301 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 601 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2005 NEC031-082315- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-050908T2315Z/ CHERRY NE- 501 PM MDT THU SEP 8 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY... AT 458 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF ARTHUR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4242 10204 4210 10202 4210 10143 4238 10142 $$ KAR
000 WWUS53 KLBF 082316 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 615 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2005 NEC031-082325- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-050908T2315Z/ CHERRY NE- 515 PM MDT THU SEP 8 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 515 PM MDT... THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST CHERRY COUNTY NO LONGER INDICATED ROTATION AND A THREAT FOR A TORNADO. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL STILL OCCUR HOWEVER IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST 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. LAT...LON 4242 10204 4210 10202 4210 10143 4238 10142 $$ KAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 4:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 41 min |
| Sep 8, 5:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 41 min |
| Sep 8, 5:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant | 43 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.