Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2007, 7:43 PM MDT for Keith County, Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 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
- Mar 28, 2007, 7:43 PM MDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2007, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:44 PM MDT | TORNADO | 9 Se Brule, NE | INTERMITTENT TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS NEAR THE KEITH-PERKINS COUNTY LINE 3 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 61. NUMEROUS REPORTS THIS LOCATION. |
| Mar 28, 8:11 PM MDT | TORNADO | 1 Sw Ogallala, NE | TORNADO ON GROUND ON SW EDGE OF OGALLALA. POWER FLASHES. BECAM RAIN WRAPPED AT 2116. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 290143 TORLBF NEC101-135-290230- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0013.070329T0143Z-070329T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 743 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN KEITH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OGALLALA... NORTHWESTERN PERKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 830 PM MDT * AT 741 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO 4NW WILD HORSE SPRING...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRANT...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BRULE BY 805 PM MDT... 7 MILES WEST OF OGALLALA BY 810 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 4087 10200 4087 10167 4123 10170 4122 10205 $$ 13
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 290156 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 855 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 NEC101-135-290230- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070329T0230Z/ PERKINS NE-KEITH NE- 755 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN KEITH AND NORTHWESTERN PERKINS COUNTIES... AT 751 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 61 MILE MARKER 80...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRANT OR VERY NEAR THE KEITH COUNTY LINE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH . THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BRULE...INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 120 AND 9 MILES WEST OF OGALLALA BY 810 PM MDT... HIGHWAY 26 MILE MARKER 140 BY 825 PM MDT... HIGHWAY 26 MILE MARKER 130 BY 830 PM MDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4087 10200 4087 10167 4123 10170 4122 10205 $$ 13
000 WWUS53 KLBF 290209 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 909 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 NEC135-290219- /O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070329T0230Z/ PERKINS NE- 809 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PERKINS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 4102 10200 4102 10169 4123 10170 4122 10205 $$ NEC101-290230- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070329T0230Z/ KEITH NE- 809 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL KEITH COUNTY... AT 806 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 120...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OGALLALA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 26 MILE MARKER 140 BY 825 PM MDT... 6 MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 26 MILE MARKER 130 BY 830 PM MDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4102 10200 4102 10169 4123 10170 4122 10205 $$ 13
000 WWUS53 KLBF 290220 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 920 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 NEC101-290230- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070329T0230Z/ KEITH NE- 820 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN KEITH COUNTY... AT 816 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF OGALLALA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL KEITH COUNTY AT 830 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 4102 10200 4102 10169 4123 10170 4122 10205 $$ 13
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, 7:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 7:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Grant | 34 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 |
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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.