Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 30, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2007, 11:47 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 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
- May 4, 2007, 11:47 PM MDT (05:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 12:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 43 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), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 12:35 AM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | Imperial, NE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 5:36 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 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
- 1008 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 050549 TORLBF NEC029-050630- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0030.070505T0547Z-070505T0630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1147 PM MDT FRI MAY 4 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 1230 AM MDT * AT 1143 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LAMAR...OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF HOLYOKE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHWESTERN CHASE COUNTY AT MIDNIGHT MDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM MENTIONED ABOVE...ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A TORNADO WILL MOVE FROM WESTERN DUNDY COUNTY INTO SOUTHWESTERN CHASE COUNTY. 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 4040 10205 4039 10149 4068 10146 4069 10201 $$ BUTTLER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 050557 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1257 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 NEC029-050630- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-070505T0630Z/ CHASE NE- 1157 PM MDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM MDT FOR CHASE COUNTY... AT 1153 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAMAR...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4040 10205 4039 10149 4068 10146 4069 10201 $$ BUTTLER
000 WWUS53 KLBF 050607 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 106 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 NEC029-050630- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-070505T0630Z/ CHASE NE- 1206 AM MDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM MDT FOR CHASE COUNTY... AT 1203 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAMAR...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HIGHWAY 61 MILE MARKER 50 IN ADDITION TO THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM...ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAMPION...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. 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 4040 10205 4039 10149 4068 10146 4069 10201 $$ BUTTLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 6:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd | 22 min |
| May 4, 10:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 56 min |
| May 4, 11:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 28 min |
| May 4, 11:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 31 min |
| May 4, 11:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 54 min |
| May 4, 11:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 34 min |
| May 4, 11:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Loup | 46 min |
| May 4, 11:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 46 min |
| May 5, 12:08 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Perkins | 52 min |
| May 5, 12:12 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 48 min |
| May 5, 12:27 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Loup | 42 min |
| May 5, 12:29 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 61 min |
| May 5, 12:33 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 27 min |
| May 5, 12:46 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 28 min |
| May 5, 12:55 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 95 min |
| May 5, 12:57 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 63 min |
| May 5, 1:01 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 44 min |
| May 5, 2:25 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 95 min |
| May 5, 2:35 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 40 min |
| May 5, 5:02 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Custer | 3 hr |
| May 5, 7:51 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Loup | 24 min |
| May 5, 8:00 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Custer | 3 hr |
| May 5, 8:49 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Grant | 56 min |
| May 5, 9:03 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry | 57 min |
| May 5, 9:16 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 59 min |
| May 5, 9:32 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 58 min |
| May 5, 9:35 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 55 min |
| May 5, 9:56 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine | 49 min |
| May 5, 10:08 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown | 67 min |
| May 5, 10:15 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 60 min |
| May 5, 11:18 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln | 42 min |
| May 5, 11:24 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 51 min |
| May 5, 11:27 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown | 42 min |
| May 5, 11:47 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 58 min |
| May 5, 11:58 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 30 min |
| May 5, 12:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 30 min |
| May 5, 12:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 45 min |
| May 5, 12:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Sheridan | 64 min |
| May 5, 12:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 61 min |
| May 5, 12:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown | 63 min |
| May 5, 1:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Thomas | 29 min |
| May 5, 1:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 53 min |
| May 5, 1:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Perkins | 30 min |
| May 5, 1:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 34 min |
| May 5, 1:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 61 min |
| May 5, 1:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown | 60 min |
| May 5, 1:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 39 min |
| May 5, 1:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha | 46 min |
| May 5, 2:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 37 min |
| May 5, 2:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 18 min |
| May 5, 2:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha, Rock | 31 min |
| May 5, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 59 min |
| May 5, 3:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 26 min |
| May 5, 3:30 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Custer, Keya Paha | 3 hr |
| May 5, 3:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt, Loup, Rock | 45 min |
| May 5, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 28 min |
| May 5, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 51 min |
| May 5, 4:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 46 min |
| May 5, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd | 23 min |
| May 5, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha | 38 min |
| May 5, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Rock | 24 min |
| May 5, 5:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown | 24 min |
| May 5, 5:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 14 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.