Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 43, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Sep 8, 2005, 6:16 PM MDT for Grant County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 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, 6:16 PM MDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2005, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Grant County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1767 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2119 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 090016 TORLBF NEC075-090045- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0043.050909T0016Z-050909T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 616 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 * UNTIL 645 PM MDT * AT 612 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WHITMAN... OR ABOUT 26 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN GRANT COUNTY AT 630 PM MDT 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. 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 10172 4193 10168 4179 10144 4208 10143 $$ KAR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 090035 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 734 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2005 NEC075-090045- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-050909T0045Z/ GRANT NE- 634 PM MDT THU SEP 8 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY... AT 632 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITMAN...OR ABOUT 27 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES SOUTH OF WHITMAN BY 645 PM MDT IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4205 10162 4197 10166 4180 10143 4207 10143 $$ KAR
000 WWUS53 KLBF 090044 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 741 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2005 NEC075-090051- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-050909T0045Z/ GRANT NE- 641 PM MDT THU SEP 8 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY EXPIRES AT 645 PM MDT... THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEAST GRANT COUNTY NO LONGER INDICATED ROTATION AND A THREAT FOR A TORNADO. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL STILL OCCUR THROUGH 7 PM MDT AS THE THUNDERSTORM SLOWLY EXITS THE 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 4205 10162 4197 10166 4180 10143 4207 10143 $$ KAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 12:52 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | LBF | Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Custer, Garfield and 5 more | 6 hr |
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.