Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 20, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 11, 2006, 6:12 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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 11, 2006, 6:12 PM MDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2006, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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 11, 1:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 2404 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 120012 TORLBF NEC031-120045- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0020.060812T0012Z-060812T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 712 PM CDT FRI AUG 11 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 709 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SCHLAGEL CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 20 MILE MARKER 210 BY 730 PM CDT... WOOD LAKE BY 745 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. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4285 10077 4263 10074 4254 10020 4288 10021 $$ SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 120030 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 729 PM CDT FRI AUG 11 2006 NEC031-120045- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-060812T0045Z/ CHERRY NE- 729 PM CDT FRI AUG 11 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY... AT 724 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF SCHLAGEL CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE STORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WOOD LAKE BY 745 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4285 10077 4263 10074 4254 10020 4288 10021 $$ SPRINGER
000 WWUS53 KLBF 120045 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 745 PM CDT FRI AUG 11 2006 NEC031-120055- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-060812T0045Z/ CHERRY NE- 745 PM CDT FRI AUG 11 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 745 PM CDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY. LAT...LON 4285 10077 4263 10074 4254 10020 4288 10021 $$ SPRINGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 6:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry | 53 min |
| Aug 11, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 63 min |
| Aug 11, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 7:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 7:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 8:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 8:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 23 min |
| Aug 12, 1:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant | 39 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.