Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 27, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2007, 10:58 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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
- Apr 23, 2007, 10:58 PM MDT (04:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2007, 11:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Chase County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 8:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1952 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 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 240458 TORLBF NEC029-240530- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0027.070424T0458Z-070424T0530Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1058 PM MDT MON APR 23 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF IMPERIAL... * UNTIL 1130 PM MDT * AT 1056 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPION...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ENDERS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...CHAMPION...ENDERS AND IMPERIAL BY 1130 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 4035 10201 4035 10136 4061 10148 4069 10203 $$ SPRINGER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 240512 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1211 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 NEC029-240530- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070424T0530Z/ CHASE NE- 1111 PM MDT MON APR 23 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM MDT FOR CHASE COUNTY... AT 1106 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHAMPION...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... IMPERIAL BY 1125 PM MDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4035 10201 4035 10136 4061 10148 4069 10203 $$ SPRINGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 10:23 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more | 26 hr |
| Apr 23, 11:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 62 min |
| Apr 24, 1:01 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 1:02 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 2:40 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | LBF | Arthur, Chase, Custer, Deuel, Frontier, Garden and 6 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:37 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Custer | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.