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Tornado Warning 6, NWS North Platte, NE

May 7, 2005Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2005, 3:48 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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
May 7, 2005, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2005, 4:16 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 22 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -119 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-225 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

000
WFUS53 KLBF 072048
TORLBF
NEC111-072115-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0006.050507T2048Z-050507T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
348 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 344 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MAXWELL BY 355 PM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4136 10125 4073 10122 4074 10030 4136 10030

$$

POWER
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLBF 072102
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
359 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005

NEC031-072109-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-050507T2100Z/
CHERRY NE-
259 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 300 PM MDT(400 PM CDT)...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL CHERRY 
COUNTY.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT...8 
PM MDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY 
COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 445 PM CDT(345 PM MDT).

LAT...LON 4268 10141 4210 10143 4212 10109 4297 10080
      4297 10139

$$
CDC
000
WWUS53 KLBF 072116
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
416 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005

NEC111-072126-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050507T2115Z/
LINCOLN NE-
416 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY EXPIRED AT 415 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4136 10125 4073 10122 4074 10030 4136 10030

$$

POWER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker33 min
May 6, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden32 min
May 6, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Perkins22 min
May 6, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan53 min
May 6, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan60 min
May 6, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur22 min
May 6, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln51 min
May 6, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan, McPherson64 min
May 7, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry66 min
May 7, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln65 min
May 7, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry36 min
May 7, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase37 min
May 7, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas28 min
May 7, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry53 min
May 7, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer, Logan37 min
May 7, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster, Lincoln27 min
May 7, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes25 min
May 7, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown37 min
May 7, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln57 min
May 7, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Keya Paha48 min
May 7, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer43 min
May 7, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha30 min
May 7, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLoup, Rock49 min
May 7, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln35 min
May 7, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeya Paha41 min
May 7, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer30 min
May 7, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Holt29 min
May 7, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster37 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.