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Tornado Warning 45, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Sep 18, 2005, 6:31 PM CDT for Holt 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 18, 2005, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Holt County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 1434 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 182331 TORLBF NEC089-190000- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0045.050918T2331Z-050919T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 631 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 630 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF EWING...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELGIN. THIS TORNADO WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTH OF EWING BY 700 PM CDT 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4221 9851 4211 9852 4210 9831 4238 9830 $$ SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 182352 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 652 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2005 NEC089-190000- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-050919T0000Z/ HOLT NE- 652 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY... AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF EWING...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELGIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4221 9851 4211 9852 4210 9831 4238 9830 $$ SPRINGER
000 WWUS53 KLBF 182357 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 657 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2005 NEC089-190007- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-050919T0000Z/ HOLT NE- 657 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY EXPIRES AT 700 PM CDT... 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUYTHEAST HOLT COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4221 9851 4211 9852 4210 9831 4238 9830 $$ SPRINGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Rock | 41 min |
| Sep 18, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 45 min |
| Sep 18, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 61 min |
| Sep 18, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Rock | 34 min |
| Sep 18, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 61 min |
| Sep 18, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 61 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.