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Tornado Warning 17, NWS North Platte, NE
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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 3:30 PM MDT | TORNADO | 2 N Hershey, NE | ROPE 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.
- 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2:48 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Custer and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 2:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, McPherson | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 2:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln, McPherson | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 2:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Thomas | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 4:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 4:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha, Rock | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 4:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 5:43 PM MDT | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.