Tornado Warning 6, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Jun 10, 2006, 3:02 PM MDT (21:02 UTC)

Expired

Jun 10, 2006, 3:30 PM MDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Garden County, NE

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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.

000 
WFUS53 KLBF 102104
TORLBF
NEC069-102130-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0006.060610T2102Z-060610T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
302 PM MDT SAT JUN 10 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GARDEN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 330 PM MDT

* AT 255 PM MDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 20  
 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANTIOCHN NEAR TRALNOR LAKE...OR ABOUT 21 MILES   
 SOUTHEAST OF ALLIANCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HERMAN LAKE BY 320 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 900 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4198 10265 4175 10266 4185 10208 4199 10208
      4199 10225

$$

CDC

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 102117
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
415 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006

NEC069-102130-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060610T2130Z/
GARDEN NE-
315 PM MDT SAT JUN 10 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN
GARDEN COUNTY...

AT 306 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 
WITH THIS STORM.  THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TRALNOR 
LAKE...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALLIANCE...MOVING EAST AT 30 
MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  JERRY LAKE AND 8 MILES WEST OF KINCAID LAKE BY 330 PM MDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THE WEATHER CHANNEL SPOTTERS ARE TRACKING THIS STORM AND SPOTTED A 
FUNNEL CLOUD SOME TIME AGO.

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 900 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4198 10265 4175 10266 4185 10208 4199 10208
      4199 10225

$$

CDC

Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 2006Every tornado warning in 2006Tornadoes in 2006

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.