Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 9, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2006, 3:56 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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 10, 2006, 3:56 PM MDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2006, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 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), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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 10, 1:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -578 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 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 102156 TORLBF NEC031-102230- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0009.060610T2156Z-060610T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 356 PM MDT SAT JUN 10 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 430 PM MDT * AT 347 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MORGAN LAKE TO 8 MILES WEST OF MOTHER LAKE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GORDON TO 40 MILES NORTH OF ARTHUR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS ARE WILL BE NEAR... MOTHER LAKE BY 410 PM MDT... HIGHWAY 61 CROSSING THE SNAKE RIVER AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 61 AND SHADBOLT ROAD BY 415 PM MDT... INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 61 AND SURVEY VALLEY ROAD BY 420 PM MDT... ROUND LAKE 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 4269 10205 4209 10201 4209 10149 4284 10142 $$ CDC
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 102207 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 507 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006 NEC031-102230- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060610T2230Z/ CHERRY NE- 407 PM MDT SAT JUN 10 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY... AT 358 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MOTHER LAKE...OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WHITMAN ROAD CROSSING THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE MIDDLE LOUP RIVER BY 425 PM MDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4269 10205 4209 10201 4209 10149 4284 10142 $$ CDC
000 WWUS53 KLBF 102230 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 530 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006 NEC031-102240- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060610T2230Z/ CHERRY NE- 430 PM MDT SAT JUN 10 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY 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 4269 10205 4209 10201 4209 10149 4284 10142 $$ 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, 3:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 54 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 |
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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.