Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2006, 6:28 PM MDT for Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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 28, 2006, 6:28 PM MDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2006, 7:01 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Scotts Bluff County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4227 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KCYS 290028 TORCYS NEC157-290115- /O.NEW.KCYS.TO.W.0004.060529T0028Z-060529T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 628 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 715 PM MDT * AT 622 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR MITCHELL...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. 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 MDT MONDAY MORNING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4189 10404 4182 10372 4199 10363 4198 10404 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KCYS 290043 SVSCYS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 642 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006 NEC157-290115- /O.CON.KCYS.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060529T0115Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF NE- 642 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY... AT 639 PM MDT...WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WERE MEASURED IN AND AROUND THE SCOTTSBLUFF AREA. IN ADDITION...FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN NORTH CENTRAL SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL SPREAD TO NORTHEAST SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY MORNING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4189 10404 4174 10340 4198 10342 4198 10404 $$
000 WWUS55 KCYS 290101 SVSCYS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 701 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006 NEC157-290111- /O.CAN.KCYS.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060529T0115Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF NE- 701 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4189 10404 4174 10340 4198 10342 4198 10404 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 6:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sioux | 55 min |
| May 28, 6:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Dawes | 57 min |
| May 28, 6:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill | 41 min |
| May 28, 7:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Dawes | 16 min |
| May 28, 7:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Dawes | 26 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.