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Tornado Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE

June 2, 2006Cherry County, Hooker County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2006, 8:22 PM MDT for Cherry County, Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 23 min. 3 reports 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
Jun 2, 2006, 8:22 PM MDT (02:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2006, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cherry County, NE, Hooker County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 8:30 PM MDTHAIL 1.754 S Mullen, NEHAIL LASTED FOR 20 MINUTES...LARGEST WAS GOLFBALL SIZE.
Jun 2, 8:40 PM MDTHAIL 0.882 N Mullen, NE
Jun 2, 8:45 PM MDTHAIL 1.754 N Mullen, NE

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 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 105 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2006-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2006-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 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 030222
TORLBF
NEC031-091-030245-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0003.060603T0222Z-060603T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
822 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HOOKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 845 PM MDT

* AT 817 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTH OF
  MULLEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MULLEN BY 830 PM MDT...

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 4220 10093 4214 10115 4178 10131 4178 10085

$$

SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 030231
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
931 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006

NEC031-091-030245-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060603T0245Z/
HOOKER NE-CHERRY NE-
831 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHERRY AND HOOKER COUNTIES...

AT 827 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 97 MILE
MARKER 70...OR ABOUT NEAR MULLEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHWAY 2 MILE MARKER 190 BY 840 PM MDT...
  6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 60 BY 845 PM MDT...

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 4220 10093 4214 10115 4178 10131 4178 10085

$$

SPRINGER
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 030244
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
945 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006

NEC031-091-030255-
/O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060603T0245Z/
HOOKER NE-CHERRY NE-
845 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY AND HOOKER COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 845 PM MDT...

LAT...LON 4220 10093 4214 10115 4178 10131 4178 10085

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 6:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry54 min
Jun 2, 7:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Cherry, Hooker, Thomas63 min
Jun 2, 8:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Cherry, Hooker, Thomas62 min
Jun 3, 2:48 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster57 min
Jun 3, 3:09 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster36 min
Jun 3, 3:28 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine17 min
Jun 3, 3:41 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine34 min
Jun 3, 3:43 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster47 min
Jun 3, 5:09 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt25 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.