Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 12, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2006, 5:05 PM MDT for Arthur County, McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2006, 5:05 PM MDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2006, 5:36 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Arthur County, NE, McPherson County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 5:05 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 1 W Arthur, NE | WINDS ESTIMATED AT 40 TO 50 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -578 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 102306 TORLBF NEC005-117-110000- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0012.060610T2305Z-060611T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 605 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MCPHERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... EASTERN ARTHUR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT(600 PM MDT) * AT 456 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HAYTHORN LAKE...OR ABOUT NEAR ARTHUR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BUCKTAIL LAKE BY 520 PM MDT... DIAMOND BAR LAKE BY 635 PM CDT... SCHNICK LAKE BY 640 PM CDT... 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRYON BY 700 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER 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 MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING(1100 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING) FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING(900 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING) FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4174 10178 4140 10181 4140 10085 4173 10086 $$ CDC
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 102325 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 625 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006 NEC005-117-110000- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060611T0000Z/ MCPHERSON NE-ARTHUR NE- 625 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT(600 PM MDT) FOR EASTERN ARTHUR AND MCPHERSON COUNTIES... AT 517 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BUCKTAIL LAKE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARTHUR...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 92 MILE MARKER 180 BY 635 PM CDT... DIAMOND BAR LAKE BY 640 PM CDT... SCHNICK LAKE BY 650 PM CDT... 6 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 92 MILE MARKER 200 BY 700 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING(1100 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING) FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING(900 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING) FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4174 10178 4140 10181 4140 10085 4173 10086 $$ CDC
000 WWUS53 KLBF 102336 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 635 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006 NEC005-117-102345- /O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060611T0000Z/ MCPHERSON NE-ARTHUR NE- 635 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN ARTHUR AND MCPHERSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORMS WHICH WERE SUSPECTED OF PRODUCING TORNADOES HAVE NEARLY DISSIPATED. GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING(1100 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING) FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING(900 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING) FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4174 10178 4140 10181 4140 10085 4173 10086 $$ 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, 4:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 39 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, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln | 60 min |
| Jun 10, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 32 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.