Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2006, 6:34 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 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
- Jun 9, 2006, 6:34 PM MDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2006, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 41 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), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 1:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 678 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 100034 TORLBF NEC031-100115- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0005.060610T0034Z-060610T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 634 PM MDT FRI JUN 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 715 PM MDT * AT 632 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HIGHWAY 61 CROSSING THE SNAKE RIVER...OR ABOUT 31 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GORDON... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES NORTH OF ROUND LAKE BY 650 PM MDT... 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 800 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4268 10182 4242 10186 4225 10108 4264 10102 $$ JMC
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 100053 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 752 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 2006 NEC031-100115- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060610T0115Z/ CHERRY NE- 652 PM MDT FRI JUN 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY... AT 651 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF ROUND LAKE...OR ABOUT 39 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GORDON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY AT 710 PM MDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4269 10170 4240 10174 4225 10108 4264 10102 $$ JMC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 2:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 3:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden | 28 min |
| Jun 10, 3:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 20 min |
| Jun 10, 3:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 3:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 3:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 34 min |
| Jun 10, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 4:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant, Hooker | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden, Keith | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 4:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 39 min |
| Jun 10, 4:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 5:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 5:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, McPherson | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln | 60 min |
| Jun 10, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 32 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.