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Tornado Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE

June 9, 2006Cherry County, Nebraska

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 1:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2006-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 678 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 2006-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry27 min
Jun 9, 6:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry45 min
Jun 9, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry59 min
Jun 10, 2:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden49 min
Jun 10, 3:02 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFGarden28 min
Jun 10, 3:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan20 min
Jun 10, 3:31 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFGarden59 min
Jun 10, 3:36 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan54 min
Jun 10, 3:56 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry34 min
Jun 10, 4:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel63 min
Jun 10, 4:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant, Hooker55 min
Jun 10, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Garden, Keith49 min
Jun 10, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry46 min
Jun 10, 4:36 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry39 min
Jun 10, 4:54 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFKeith36 min
Jun 10, 5:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Perkins58 min
Jun 10, 5:05 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFArthur, McPherson31 min
Jun 10, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln60 min
Jun 10, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Perkins32 min

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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.