Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 31, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 12:08 AM MDT for Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 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 5, 2007, 12:08 AM MDT (06:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 1:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Perkins County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 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, 12:41 AM MDT | HAIL 1 | Madrid, 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 050608 TORLBF NEC135-050700- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0031.070505T0608Z-070505T0700Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1208 AM MDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PERKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRANT... * UNTIL 100 AM MDT * AT 1203 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BRANDON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRANT...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BRANDON BY 1220 AM MDT... GRANT BY 1235 AM MDT... WILD HORSE SPRING BY 1240 AM 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 4072 10201 4072 10146 4098 10148 4098 10201 $$ BUTTLER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 050624 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 124 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 NEC135-050700- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-070505T0700Z/ PERKINS NE- 1224 AM MDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT FOR WESTERN PERKINS COUNTY... AT 1223 AM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GRANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WILD HORSE SPRING BY 1230 AM MDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4072 10201 4072 10146 4098 10148 4098 10201 $$ BUTTLER
000 WWUS53 KLBF 050641 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 140 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 NEC135-050700- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-070505T0700Z/ PERKINS NE- 1240 AM MDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT FOR WESTERN PERKINS COUNTY... AT 1230 AM MDT...SPOTTERS INDICATED STRONG ROTATION 4 MILES SOUTH AND 3 MILES EAST OF GRANT. THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MADRID BY 1245 AM 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 4072 10201 4072 10146 4098 10148 4098 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, 11:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 43 min |
| May 4, 11:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 46 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 |
Nearby
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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.