Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 35, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 1:25 PM MDT for Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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
- May 5, 2007, 1:25 PM MDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 1:55 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Perkins County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 8:51 AM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 051925 TORLBF NEC135-052015- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0035.070505T1925Z-070505T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 125 PM MDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN PERKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 215 PM MDT * AT 121 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF BRANDON...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BRANDON BY 130 PM MDT... WILD HORSE SPRING BY 145 PM MDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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 4070 10205 4070 10181 4100 10169 4099 10204 $$ MASEK
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 051937 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 237 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 NEC135-052015- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-070505T2015Z/ PERKINS NE- 137 PM MDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM MDT FOR WESTERN PERKINS COUNTY... AT 134 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRANDON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF GRANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN PERKINS COUNTY AT 150 PM MDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4070 10205 4070 10181 4100 10169 4099 10204 $$ MASEK
000 WWUS53 KLBF 051947 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 247 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 NEC135-052015- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-070505T2015Z/ PERKINS NE- 147 PM MDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM MDT FOR WESTERN PERKINS COUNTY... AT 143 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WILD HORSE SPRING...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF GRANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A WALL CLOUD WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM WEST OF GRANT. 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 4070 10205 4070 10181 4100 10169 4099 10204 $$ MASEK
000 WWUS53 KLBF 051955 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 254 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 NEC135-052004- /O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-070505T2015Z/ PERKINS NE- 154 PM MDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN PERKINS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS EXITED THE COUNTY AND RADAR NO LONGER INDICATES ROTATION...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4070 10205 4070 10181 4100 10169 4099 10204 $$ MASEK
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, 12:08 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, 1:36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.