Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 16, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2006, 3:38 PM CDT for Lincoln County, McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 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
- Aug 9, 2006, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2006, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lincoln County, NE, McPherson County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -576 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 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 092039 TORLBF NEC111-117-092130- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0016.060809T2038Z-060809T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 338 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 334 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTH OF TRYON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RINGGOLD BY 410 PM CDT... A BRIEF REPORT OF A WEAK TORNADO WAS RECEIVED 7 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. 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. LAT...LON 4169 10102 4129 10120 4115 10086 4154 10071 $$ JWS
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 092055 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 354 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2006 NEC111-117-092130- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060809T2130Z/ MCPHERSON NE-LINCOLN NE- 354 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN AND EASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES... AT 351 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH AND 2 MILES WEST OF SUTHERLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 10 BY 400 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4169 10102 4129 10120 4115 10086 4154 10071 $$ JWS
000 WWUS53 KLBF 092112 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 412 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2006 NEC111-117-092130- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060809T2130Z/ MCPHERSON NE-LINCOLN NE- 412 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN AND EASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES... AT 411 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 10...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 10 BY 430 PM CDT... 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 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4169 10102 4129 10120 4115 10086 4154 10071 $$ JWS
000 WWUS53 KLBF 092132 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 431 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2006 NEC111-117-092141- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060809T2130Z/ MCPHERSON NE-LINCOLN NE- 431 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN AND EASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 430 PM CDT... AT 430 PM CDT (330 PM MDT)...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED. HOWEVER THIS STORM...LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF HERSHEY...MAY STILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4169 10102 4129 10120 4115 10086 4154 10071 $$ JWS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 3:48 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Custer and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, McPherson | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Thomas | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha, Rock | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 50 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.