Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 2006, 3:52 PM CDT for Brown County, Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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
- Sep 15, 2006, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2006, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1112 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLBF 152052 SVRLBF NEC017-031-152130- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0252.060915T2052Z-060915T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 352 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BROWN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 430 PM CDT(330 PM MDT) * AT 350 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF JOHNSTOWN TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF BROWNLEE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES WEST OF AINSWORTH TO 10 MILES NORTH OF THEDFORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... JOHNSTOWN BY 415 PM CDT... MOON LAKE BY 425 PM CDT... LONG LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...ELSMERE...AINSWORTH AND WILLOW LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 430 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 4286 10038 4209 10094 4211 10000 4271 9975 $$ JWS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 152114 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 413 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006 NEC017-031-152130- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060915T2130Z/ BROWN NE-CHERRY NE- 413 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT(330 PM MDT) FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY AND BROWN COUNTIES... AT 410 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM JOHNSTOWN TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 160...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST OF AINSWORTH TO 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF THEDFORD... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... JOHNSTOWN BY 425 PM CDT... MOON LAKE...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOBCAT STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONG LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELSMERE BY 430 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING(900 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING) FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4286 10038 4209 10094 4211 10000 4271 9975 $$ JWS
000 WWUS53 KLBF 152132 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 431 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006 NEC017-031-152141- /O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060915T2130Z/ BROWN NE-CHERRY NE- 431 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY AND BROWN COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 430 PM CDT(330 PM MDT)... AT 430 PM CDT...NORTH PLATTE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED TO SLIGHTLY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA THROUGH 530 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING(900 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING) FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4286 10038 4209 10094 4211 10000 4271 9975 $$ JWS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 55 min |
| Sep 15, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Loup | 61 min |
| Sep 15, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Cherry | 52 min |
| Sep 15, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | 39 min |
| Sep 15, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 62 min |
| Sep 15, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Rock | 36 min |
| Sep 15, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2006Every severe thunderstorm 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.