Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 8, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2005, 4:36 PM CDT for Frontier County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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 11, 2005, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Frontier County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 112136 TORLBF NEC063-112215- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0008.050511T2136Z-050511T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 436 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN FRONTIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 433 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CURTIS... MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... CURTIS AND MAYWOOD BY 445 PM CDT 7 MILES WEST OF MOOREFIELD BY 500 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4036 10074 4036 10028 4069 10037 4070 10076 $$ 13
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 112157 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 457 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 NEC063-112215- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050511T2215Z/ FRONTIER NE- 457 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR WESTERN FRONTIER COUNTY... AT 453 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF CURTIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CURTIS AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAYWOOD BY 450 PM CDT MOOREFIELD BY 510 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4036 10074 4036 10028 4069 10037 4070 10076 $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 39 min |
| May 11, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 44 min |
| May 11, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 42 min |
| May 11, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 44 min |
| May 11, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 46 min |
| May 11, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 61 min |
| May 11, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 51 min |
| May 11, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 41 min |
| May 11, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 47 min |
| May 11, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 62 min |
| May 11, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 48 min |
| May 11, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 39 min |
| May 11, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 48 min |
| May 11, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 42 min |
| May 11, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 49 min |
| May 11, 5:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Frontier | 90 min |
| May 11, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 46 min |
| May 11, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 57 min |
| May 11, 5:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| May 11, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 46 min |
| May 11, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 53 min |
| May 11, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 65 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.