Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 5:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 40 min |
| May 28, 7:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 51 min |
| May 28, 7:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 40 min |
| May 28, 8:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 44 min |
| May 28, 9:26 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | LBF | Arthur, Chase, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith and 1 more | 3 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.