Alert archive / Nebraska / High Wind Warnings in 2006

High Wind Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE

June 19, 2006Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind warning at Jun 19, 2006, 10:42 PM MDT for Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2006, 10:42 PM MDT (04:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2006, 1:07 AM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Cherry County, NE, Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 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.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 00:00Z on 2006-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2610 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2006-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2610 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-180 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
324 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KLBF 200442
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1142 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2006



NEZ004-094-201000-
/O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0004.060620T0442Z-060620T1000Z/
SHERIDAN-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...CODY...MERRIMAN...
KILGORE
1042 PM MDT MON JUN 19 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MDT TUESDAY. 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA WILL CAUSE
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS SHERIDAN AND WESTERN CHERRY COUNTIES
TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA IS NOT AN
IMMEDIATE THREAT TO NEBRASKA...STRONG WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS
60 MPH AT TIMES ACROSS THESE TWO COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA.

WINDS WILL SUBSIDE ONCE THE STORMS PASS EAST OF THE AREA.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

$$

CDC
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KLBF 200707
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
207 AM CDT TUE JUN 20 2006


NEZ004-094-200815-
/O.CAN.KLBF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060620T1000Z/
SHERIDAN-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...CODY...MERRIMAN...
KILGORE
107 AM MDT TUE JUN 20 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING. 

$$

KAR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan60 min
Jun 20, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan53 min
Jun 20, 5:18 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFSheridan42 min

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Nebraska, 2006Every high wind warning in 2006

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.