Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:30 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 S Mullen, NE | HAIL LASTED FOR 20 MINUTES...LARGEST WAS GOLFBALL SIZE. |
| Jun 2, 8:40 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 N Mullen, NE | |
| Jun 2, 8:45 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 8:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 62 min |
| Jun 3, 2:48 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 3:09 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 36 min |
| Jun 3, 3:28 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine | 17 min |
| Jun 3, 3:41 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 3:43 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 5:09 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 25 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.