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Tornado Warning 17, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 2007, 9:23 PM CDT for Frontier County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 min. 7 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
- Apr 20, 2007, 9:23 PM CDT (02:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Frontier County, NE, Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 9:23 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 S Moorefield, NE | TORNADO ON GROUND. POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Apr 20, 9:23 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Se Moorefield, NE | TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AND DESTROYED A FARMSTEAD 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOOREFIELD. |
| Apr 20, 9:26 PM CDT | TORNADO | 10 Ne Curtis, NE | TORNADO CONFIRMED ON THE GROUND BY ROGER HILL. |
| Apr 20, 9:26 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 E Moorefield, NE | A TORNADO DAMAGED A FARMSTEAD 3 MILES EAST OF MOOREFIELD. |
| Apr 20, 9:27 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Ene Moorefield, NE | A TORNADO DAMAGED A FARMSTEAD 3 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MOORFIELD. |
| Apr 20, 9:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 20 E Wellfleet, NE | *** 2 INJ *** A TORNADO DESTROYED A FARMSTEAD 20 MILES EAST OF WELLFLEET. THREE PEOPLE WERE IN THE HOME AT THE TIME THE TORNADO HIT. TWO PEOPLE WERE REPORTED INJURED AND THROWN FROM THE HOME. |
| Apr 20, 9:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | Moorefield, NE | LARGE TORNADO NEAR MOOREFIELD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 210223 TORLBF NEC063-111-210300- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0017.070421T0223Z-070421T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 923 PM CDT FRI APR 20 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL FRONTIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO NEAR MOOREFIELD...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF CURTIS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO SOUTH OF MOOREFIELD. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 23 MILE MARKER 110 AND FARNAM BY 935 PM CDT... 8 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 MILE MARKER 210 BY 1000 PM CDT... 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 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4066 10051 4056 10031 4058 10023 4102 10023 $$ CDC
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 210232 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 932 PM CDT FRI APR 20 2007 NEC063-111-210300- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070421T0300Z/ LINCOLN NE-FRONTIER NE- 932 PM CDT FRI APR 20 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL FRONTIER AND SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES... AT 929 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MOOREFIELD...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CURTIS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 950 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4066 10051 4056 10031 4058 10023 4102 10023 $$ CDC
000 WWUS53 KLBF 210234 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 934 PM CDT FRI APR 20 2007 NEC063-111-210300- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070421T0300Z/ LINCOLN NE-FRONTIER NE- 934 PM CDT FRI APR 20 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL FRONTIER AND SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES... AT 933 PM CDT...POLICE AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MOOREFIELD...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF CURTIS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 950 PM CDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL 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 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4066 10051 4056 10031 4058 10023 4102 10023 $$ CDC
000 WWUS53 KLBF 210240 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 940 PM CDT FRI APR 20 2007 NEC063-111-210300- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070421T0300Z/ LINCOLN NE-FRONTIER NE- 940 PM CDT FRI APR 20 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL FRONTIER AND SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES... AT 937 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A LARGE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOOREFIELD...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF CURTIS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 950 PM CDT RURAL EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 1000 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4066 10051 4056 10031 4058 10023 4102 10023 $$ CDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes, Lincoln | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 67 min |
| Apr 20, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 64 min |
| Apr 20, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Apr 20, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Apr 20, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 26 min |
| Apr 20, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 34 min |
| Apr 20, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 53 min |
| Apr 20, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 53 min |
| Apr 20, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker | 33 min |
| Apr 20, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 63 min |
| Apr 20, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 55 min |
| Apr 21, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 27 min |
| Apr 21, 12:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 33 min |
| Apr 21, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 47 min |
| Apr 21, 3:54 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LBF | Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Custer, Frontier and 13 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 21, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 50 min |
| Apr 21, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| Apr 21, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 26 min |
| Apr 21, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 25 min |
| Apr 21, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha | 51 min |
| Apr 21, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel | 50 min |
| Apr 21, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden, Sheridan | 33 min |
| Apr 21, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 31 min |
| Apr 21, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 60 min |
| Apr 21, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 35 min |
| Apr 21, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha | 64 min |
| Apr 21, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 48 min |
| Apr 21, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden, Sheridan | 33 min |
| Apr 21, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel | 32 min |
| Apr 21, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur | 25 min |
| Apr 21, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant | 52 min |
| Apr 21, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden, Keith | 63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.