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Tornado Warning 47, NWS North Platte, NE

September 24, 2005Rock County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Sep 24, 2005, 9:35 PM CDT for Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 55 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 24, 2005, 9:35 PM CDT (02:35 UTC)
Expired: Sep 24, 2005, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rock County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 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 24, 10:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	8 S Bassett, NE
Sep 24, 10:15 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	6 Sse Bassett, 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 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -532 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1312 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 250235
TORLBF
NEC149-250330-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0047.050925T0235Z-050925T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
935 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ROCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 932 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BASSETT...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AINSWORTH...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF BASSETT BY 1000 PM CDT
  NEWPORT BY 1020 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 SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4257 9966 4232 9965 4242 9925 4263 9925
      4265 9936

$$

JMC

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 250310
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1010 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

NEC149-250330-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-050925T0330Z/
ROCK NE-
1010 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
ROCK COUNTY...

AT 1007 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BASSETT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN ROCK COUNTY AT 1020 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.

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 SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4257 9966 4232 9965 4242 9925 4263 9925
      4265 9936

$$

JMC

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 250328
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1029 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

NEC149-250339-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-050925T0330Z/
ROCK NE-
1029 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ROCK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1030 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.

LAT...LON 4257 9966 4232 9965 4242 9925 4263 9925
      4265 9936

$$

JMC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 24, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	30 min
Sep 24, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Wheeler	32 min
Sep 24, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	51 min
Sep 24, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown	40 min
Sep 24, 9:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Brown	43 min
Sep 24, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield	50 min
Sep 24, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	53 min
Sep 24, 9:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Brown	24 min
Sep 24, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Rock	36 min
Sep 24, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	60 min
Sep 25, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield, Loup	64 min
Sep 25, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown	58 min
Sep 25, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Garden, Grant	47 min
Sep 25, 12:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	64 min
Sep 25, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield, Holt	63 min
Sep 25, 1:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Rock	62 min
Sep 25, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.