Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 14, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2007, 8:26 PM MDT for Keith County, Nebraska. It was in force for 18 min. 1 report 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, 8:26 PM MDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2007, 8:44 PM MDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Keith County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8:35 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 90 | 8 Ne Ogallala, NE | 90 MPH WIND REPORTED AT NE CORNER OF LAKE MCCONAUGHY. |
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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 290226 TORLBF NEC101-290315- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0014.070329T0226Z-070329T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 826 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL KEITH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OGALLALA... * UNTIL 915 PM MDT * AT 821 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR OGALLALA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES EAST OF LAKE VIEW CAMPGROUND BY 830 PM MDT... LEMOYNE AND 8 MILES WEST OF KEYSTONE BY 840 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 4112 10189 4112 10164 4138 10152 4138 10183 $$ 13
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 290244 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 942 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 NEC101-290252- /O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070329T0315Z/ KEITH NE- 842 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL KEITH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. THE STORM WHICH HAD PROMPTED WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND WAS BEING INTERRUPTED BY ADDITIONAL STORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN KEITH COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS KEITH COUNTY...LARGE HAIL...DAMAINGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. LAT...LON 4112 10189 4112 10164 4138 10152 4138 10183 $$ 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, 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, 8:52 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.