Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 9, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2005, 5:07 PM CDT for Lincoln 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, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2005, 5:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 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), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 112206 TORLBF NEC111-112245- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0009.050511T2207Z-050511T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 507 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 503 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 25 MILES SOUTH OF BRADY...OR ABOUT NEAR CURTIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... 8 MILES SOUTH OF BRADY BY 545 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. LAT...LON 4071 10073 4070 10022 4103 10024 4104 10049 $$ KAR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 112224 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 524 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 NEC111-112245- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050511T2245Z/ LINCOLN NE- 524 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF BRADY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOTHENBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BRADY BY 545 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4071 10073 4070 10022 4103 10024 4104 10049 $$ KAR
000 WWUS53 KLBF 112246 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 546 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 NEC111-112256- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050511T2245Z/ LINCOLN NE- 546 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 545 PM CDT... THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SEVERE TUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH FLOOD REMAIN LIKELY. LAT...LON 4071 10073 4070 10022 4103 10024 4104 10049 $$ KAR
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, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 39 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, 5:12 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 |
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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.