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Tornado Warning 17, NWS North Platte, NE

August 9, 2006Keith County, Lincoln County, Perkins County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2006, 2:44 PM MDT for Keith County, Lincoln County, Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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
Aug 9, 2006, 2:44 PM MDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2006, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 9, 3:30 PM MDTTORNADO2 N Hershey, NEROPE TORNADO ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT ONE MINUTE. DEBRIS WAS VISIBLE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 12:00Z on 2006-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 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 12:00Z on 2006-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 092044
TORLBF
NEC101-111-135-092130-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0017.060809T2044Z-060809T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
344 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
  NORTHEASTERN PERKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHEASTERN KEITH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT(330 PM MDT)

* AT 239 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH AND 2  
  MILES WEST OF SUTHERLAND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 150 BY 305 PM MDT...
  HIGHWAY 25 MILE MARKER 90 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.

LAT...LON 4109 10162 4078 10152 4093 10082 4126 10085

$$

JWS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 092057
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
357 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2006

NEC101-111-135-092130-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-060809T2130Z/
LINCOLN NE-PERKINS NE-KEITH NE-
357 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT(330 PM MDT)
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KEITH...NORTHEASTERN PERKINS AND WEST CENTRAL
LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 256 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 150...OR ABOUT 24 MILES EAST OF OGALLALA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 150 BY 310 PM MDT...
  9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SARBEN BY 315 PM MDT...
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 25 MILE MARKER 90 BY 420 PM CDT...
  SUTHERLAND RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  SUTHERLAND BY 430 PM CDT...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 4109 10162 4078 10152 4093 10082 4126 10085

$$

JWS
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 092130
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
429 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2006

NEC101-111-135-092139-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-060809T2130Z/
LINCOLN NE-PERKINS NE-KEITH NE-
429 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KEITH...NORTHEASTERN PERKINS
AND WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 430 PM CDT(330 PM
MDT)...

AT 426 PM CDT (326 PM MDT)...THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE 
WARNING HAD DISSIPATED. HOWEVER...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM REMAINS IN 
NORTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY AND MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN 
AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING(900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING) FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4109 10162 4078 10152 4093 10082 4126 10085

$$

JWS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 2:48 AM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryLBFArthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Custer and 16 more6 hr
Aug 9, 1:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas48 min
Aug 9, 2:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas47 min
Aug 9, 2:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, McPherson49 min
Aug 9, 2:38 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln, McPherson52 min
Aug 9, 2:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Thomas65 min
Aug 9, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown41 min
Aug 9, 4:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeya Paha, Rock67 min
Aug 9, 4:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry66 min
Aug 9, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Holt50 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.