Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 18, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 10, 2006, 1:17 AM CDT for Custer County, Loup County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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 10, 2006, 1:17 AM CDT (06:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2006, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Custer County, NE, Loup County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 805 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 100617 TORLBF NEC041-115-100645- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0018.060810T0617Z-060810T0645Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 117 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA... SOUTHEASTERN LOUP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 145 AM CDT * AT 115 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TAYLOR... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KENT DIVERSION DAM STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 140 AM CDT... 8 MILES SOUTH OF CALAMUS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA BY 145 AM 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4180 9952 4162 9948 4159 9924 4199 9923 $$ SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 100632 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 133 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 NEC041-100643- /O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060810T0645Z/ CUSTER NE- 133 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CUSTER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4196 9953 4178 9956 4177 9926 4199 9923 $$ NEC115-100645- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060810T0645Z/ LOUP NE- 133 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL LOUP COUNTY... AT 131 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 183 MILE MARKER 130...OR ABOUT NEAR TAYLOR...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTH OF CALAMUS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA BY 145 AM 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 500 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4196 9953 4178 9956 4177 9926 4199 9923 $$ SPRINGER
000 WWUS53 KLBF 100640 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 139 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 NEC115-100649- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060810T0645Z/ LOUP NE- 139 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LOUP COUNTY EXPIRES AT 145 AM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND COULD STILL DEVELOP UNTIL ABOUT 3 AM CDT. LAT...LON 4196 9953 4178 9956 4177 9926 4199 9923 $$ SPRINGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Loup | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 61 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.