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Tornado Warning 10, NWS North Platte, NE

June 10, 2006Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2006, 4:36 PM MDT for Cherry 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: Jun 10, 2006, 4:36 PM MDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2006, 5:15 PM MDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 10, 1:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 102236
TORLBF
NEC031-102315-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0010.060610T2236Z-060610T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
436 PM MDT SAT JUN 10 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 429 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  ELI...OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARTIN...MOVING EAST AT 25   
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NENZEL BY 450 PM MDT...
  KILGORE BY 505 PM MDT...

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 1100 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN
NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4298 10152 4284 10148 4284 10095 4298 10096

$$

CDC

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 102252
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
552 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006

NEC031-102315-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-060610T2315Z/
CHERRY NE-
452 PM MDT SAT JUN 10 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 445 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR NENZEL...OR ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF VALENTINE...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KILGORE BY 505 PM MDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 1100 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN
NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4298 10152 4284 10148 4284 10095 4298 10096

$$

CDC

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 102310
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
610 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006

NEC031-102320-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-060610T2315Z/
CHERRY NE-
510 PM MDT SAT JUN 10 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 515
PM MDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN
NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4298 10152 4284 10148 4284 10095 4298 10096

$$

CDC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 6:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	27 min
Jun 9, 6:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	45 min
Jun 9, 6:34 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	41 min
Jun 9, 7:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	59 min
Jun 10, 2:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	49 min
Jun 10, 3:02 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Garden	28 min
Jun 10, 3:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	20 min
Jun 10, 3:31 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Garden	59 min
Jun 10, 3:36 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	54 min
Jun 10, 3:56 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	34 min
Jun 10, 4:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel	63 min
Jun 10, 4:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Grant, Hooker	55 min
Jun 10, 4:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Garden, Keith	49 min
Jun 10, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	46 min
Jun 10, 4:54 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Keith	36 min
Jun 10, 5:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Perkins	58 min
Jun 10, 5:05 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Arthur, McPherson	31 min
Jun 10, 5:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln	60 min
Jun 10, 5:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Perkins	32 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.