Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 8, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2006, 3:36 PM MDT for Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 54 min. 2 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 10, 2006, 3:36 PM MDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2006, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cherry County, NE, Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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 10, 3:40 PM MDT | TORNADO | 7 Nne Gordon, NE | SPOTTER REPORTS TORNADO ON GROUND 7 EAST 4 NORTH OF GORDON. REPORT RELAYED BY GORDON SHERIFF 1630 CDT SHERIFF REPORTS MOBILE HOME AND BARN DAMAGED |
| Jun 10, 3:55 PM MDT | TORNADO | 6 E Gordon, NE | WHITE TORNADO OBSERVED 2 MILES NORTH AND 6 MILES EAST OF GORDON. TRAILER HOUSE KNOCKED OVER...POWERLINE DOWN...FARM EQUIPMENT SCATTERED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 10, 1:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 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 102136 TORLBF NEC031-161-102230- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0008.060610T2136Z-060610T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 336 PM MDT SAT JUN 10 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA... NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 430 PM MDT * AT 326 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO ALONG A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOOVER LAKE TO ROCK HILL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF GORDON TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GORDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS ARE WILL BE NEAR... SHELL LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 345 PM MDT... INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 20 AND IRWIN ROAD BY 350 PM MDT... HIGHWAY 61 CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER BY 425 PM MDT... MERRIMAN BY 430 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 4298 10222 4266 10216 4283 10141 4298 10146 $$ CDC
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 102145 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 442 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006 NEC031-161-102230- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060610T2230Z/ SHERIDAN NE-CHERRY NE- 342 PM MDT SAT JUN 10 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY AND NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES... AT 331 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS. THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HOOVER LAKE TO HIGHWAY 20 MILE MARKER 110...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF GORDON TO 8 MILES EAST OF GORDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 61 CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER BY 405 PM MDT... MERRIMAN BY 420 PM MDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4298 10222 4266 10216 4283 10141 4298 10146 $$ CDC
000 WWUS53 KLBF 102204 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 500 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006 NEC031-161-102230- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060610T2230Z/ SHERIDAN NE-CHERRY NE- 400 PM MDT SAT JUN 10 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY AND NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES... AT 352 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 20 AND IRWIN ROAD...OR ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF GORDON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 61 CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER AND MERRIMAN BY 405 PM MDT... 6 MILES SOUTH OF ELI BY 430 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 4298 10222 4266 10216 4283 10141 4298 10146 $$ CDC
000 WWUS53 KLBF 102215 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 515 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006 NEC031-161-102230- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060610T2230Z/ SHERIDAN NE-CHERRY NE- 415 PM MDT SAT JUN 10 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY AND NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES... AT 408 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MERRIMAN...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTH OF MARTIN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ELI BY 425 PM MDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4298 10222 4266 10216 4283 10141 4298 10146 $$ CDC
000 WWUS53 KLBF 102231 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 531 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006 NEC031-161-102241- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060610T2230Z/ SHERIDAN NE-CHERRY NE- 431 PM MDT SAT JUN 10 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY AND NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 430 PM MDT... THIS WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4298 10222 4266 10216 4283 10141 4298 10146 $$ CDC
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, 6:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 41 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, 3:56 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.