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Tornado Warning 42, NWS North Platte, NE

September 8, 2005Cherry County, Grant County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Sep 8, 2005, 5:32 PM MDT for Cherry County, Grant County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports 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: Sep 8, 2005, 5:32 PM MDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired: Sep 8, 2005, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cherry County, NE, Grant County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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
Sep 8, 5:38 PM MDT	HAIL 1	10 N Hyannis, NE
Sep 8, 5:42 PM MDT	HAIL 0.88	8 N Hyannis, NE

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 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 141 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 082332
TORLBF
NEC031-075-090015-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0042.050908T2332Z-050909T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
532 PM MDT THU SEP 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT

* AT 528 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH OF
  HYANNIS...OR ABOUT 37 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  7 MILES NORTHEAST OF HYANNIS BY 545 PM MDT
  WHITMAN BY 615 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 4216 10191 4194 10188 4193 10143 4223 10145

$$

KAR

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 082348
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
647 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2005

NEC031-075-090015-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-050909T0015Z/
GRANT NE-CHERRY NE-
547 PM MDT THU SEP 8 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY AND NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTIES...

AT 542 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
HYANNIS...OR ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HYANNIS BY 605 PM MDT
  6 MILES WEST OF WHITMAN BY 615 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.

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 4216 10191 4194 10188 4193 10143 4223 10145

$$

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, 4:51 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	24 min
Sep 8, 5:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	41 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.