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Tornado Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE

May 28, 2006Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2006, 8:25 PM MDT for Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 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
May 28, 2006, 8:25 PM MDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2006, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cherry County, NE, Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 28, 5:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 147 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2006-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2006-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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 290225
TORLBF
NEC031-161-290300-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0002.060529T0225Z-060529T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
825 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...
  NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 900 PM MDT

* AT 820 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A TORNADO NEAR CLINTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GORDON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GORDON BY 830 PM MDT...
  HOOVER LAKE BY 855 PM MDT...

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.

LAT...LON 4279 10244 4267 10226 4298 10149 4298 10246

$$
CDC
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 290238
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
938 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006

NEC031-161-290300-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060529T0300Z/
SHERIDAN NE-CHERRY NE-
838 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHERRY AND NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES...

AT 834 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 27 MILE
MARKER 230...OR ABOUT NEAR GORDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HOOVER LAKE BY 845 PM MDT...

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 MDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4279 10244 4267 10226 4298 10149 4298 10246

$$
CDC
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 290253
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
951 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006

NEC031-161-290301-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060529T0300Z/
SHERIDAN NE-CHERRY NE-
851 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY AND NORTHEASTERN
SHERIDAN COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 900 PM MDT...

THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS EXITED BOTH CHERRY AND SHERIDAN 
COUNTIES TO THE NORTH. 60 TO 70 MPH THUNDERSTORM WINDS SHOULD  
DECREASE THROUGH 9 PM MDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4279 10244 4267 10226 4298 10149 4298 10246

$$
CDC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan40 min
May 28, 7:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan51 min
May 28, 7:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden40 min
May 28, 8:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry44 min
May 28, 9:26 PM MDTWind AdvisoryLBFArthur, Chase, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith and 1 more3 hr

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.