Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 11, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2007, 7:07 PM MDT for Arthur County, Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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
- Mar 28, 2007, 7:07 PM MDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2007, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Arthur County, NE, Garden County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1774 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 290108 TORLBF NEC005-069-290145- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0011.070329T0107Z-070329T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 707 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GARDEN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA... WESTERN ARTHUR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 745 PM MDT * AT 706 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF BOURQUIM HILL...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARTHUR...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BOURQUIM HILL IN RURAL WESTERN ARTHUR BY 715 PM MDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE 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. LAT...LON 4143 10203 4145 10180 4173 10173 4173 10207 $$ JWS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 290115 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 814 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 NEC005-069-290145- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070329T0145Z/ ARTHUR NE-GARDEN NE- 714 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GARDEN AND WESTERN ARTHUR COUNTIES... AT 711 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BOURQUIM HILL...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF ARTHUR...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES WEST OF JENSEN LAKE...ALONG THE GARDEN AND ARTHUR COUNTY LINE THROUGH 730 PM MDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4143 10203 4145 10180 4173 10173 4173 10207 $$ JWS
000 WWUS53 KLBF 290147 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 846 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 NEC005-069-290156- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070329T0145Z/ ARTHUR NE-GARDEN NE- 746 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GARDEN AND WESTERN ARTHUR COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 745 PM MDT... AT 745 PM MDT...NORTH PLATTE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA THROUGH 9 PM MDT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 4143 10203 4145 10180 4173 10173 4173 10207 $$ JWS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 6:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 6:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 6:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 6:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 6:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 7:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Grant | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 7:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 8:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 8:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 8:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 18 min |
| Mar 28, 8:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, McPherson | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 8:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 10:18 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Keith, Perkins | 6 hr |
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.