Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 37, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 2:45 PM CDT for Blaine County, Brown County, Nebraska. It was in force for 60 min. 3 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
- May 5, 2007, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Blaine County, NE, Brown County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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, 3:00 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 9 Ene Elsmere, NE | HAILED FROM 3 TO 315 PM CDT. |
| May 5, 3:22 PM CDT | TORNADO | 18 S Ainsworth, NE | SPOTTERS REPORTED TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF TURN OFF TOWARDS ELSMERE ON HWY 7 MOVING NORTH. |
| May 5, 3:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 12 Nne Dunning, 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 5, 9:51 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
| May 5, 10:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 051948
TORLBF
NEC009-017-052045-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0037.070505T1945Z-070505T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
245 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
BROWN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF AINSWORTH...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES NORTH
OF DUNNING...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF BREWSTER...MOVING NORTH
AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WILLOW LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 300 PM CDT...
LONG LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 305 PM CDT...
MOON LAKE BY 310 PM CDT...
JOHNSTOWN BY 325 PM CDT...
A SECOND STORM WAS ALSO LOCATED NEAR DUNNING AND THIS STORM IS
CAPABABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL OR A TORNADO
THESE STORMS WILL TRACK OVER A SIMILAR TRACK TO THE LAST TORNADIC
STORM THIS WARNING IS FOR SEPERATE STORMS HOWEVER...DO NOT LEAVE
YOUR PLACE OF SHELTER JUST BECAUSE THE STORM HAS PASSED
LAT...LON 4175 10025 4176 9994 4265 9968 4275 10014
4209 10017
$$
HIRSCH3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 052002 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 302 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 NEC101-052030- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-070505T2030Z/ KEITH NE- 202 PM MDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL KEITH COUNTY... AT 200 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OGALLALA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEMOYNE BY 205 PM MDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN OGALLALA WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. LAT...LON 4101 10200 4101 10162 4137 10150 4138 10200 $$ MASEK
000 WWUS53 KLBF 052023 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 322 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 NEC101-052045- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070505T2045Z/ KEITH NE- 222 PM MDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KEITH COUNTY... AT 218 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KEYSTONE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF OGALLALA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 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 4122 10175 4114 10157 4139 10139 4138 10173 $$ MASEK
000
WWUS53 KLBF 052029
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
327 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
NEC009-017-052045-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-070505T2045Z/
BLAINE NE-BROWN NE-
327 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR BROWN AND
WESTERN BLAINE COUNTIES...
AT 326 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 7 MILE
MARKER 40...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF AINSWORTH...MOVING NORTH AT 35
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
AINSWORTH BY 335 PM CDT...
KELLER PARK STATE RECREATION AREA BY 345 PM CDT...
A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR HIGHWAY 7
TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED 9 EAST NORTHEAST OF ELSMERE
BETWEEN 300 AND 315 PM.
LAT...LON 4175 10025 4176 9994 4265 9968 4275 10014
4209 10017
$$
HIRSCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd | 22 min |
| May 4, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 56 min |
| May 5, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 28 min |
| May 5, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 31 min |
| May 5, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 54 min |
| May 5, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 34 min |
| May 5, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Loup | 46 min |
| May 5, 12:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 43 min |
| May 5, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 46 min |
| May 5, 1:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Perkins | 52 min |
| May 5, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 48 min |
| May 5, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Loup | 42 min |
| May 5, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 61 min |
| May 5, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 27 min |
| May 5, 1:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 28 min |
| May 5, 1:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 95 min |
| May 5, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 63 min |
| May 5, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 44 min |
| May 5, 3:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 95 min |
| May 5, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 40 min |
| May 5, 6:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Custer | 3 hr |
| May 5, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Loup | 24 min |
| May 5, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Custer | 3 hr |
| May 5, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Grant | 56 min |
| May 5, 10:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry | 57 min |
| May 5, 10:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 59 min |
| May 5, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 58 min |
| May 5, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 55 min |
| May 5, 10:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine | 49 min |
| May 5, 11:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown | 67 min |
| May 5, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 60 min |
| May 5, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln | 42 min |
| May 5, 12:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 51 min |
| May 5, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown | 42 min |
| May 5, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 58 min |
| May 5, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 30 min |
| May 5, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 30 min |
| May 5, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 45 min |
| May 5, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Sheridan | 64 min |
| May 5, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 61 min |
| May 5, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown | 63 min |
| May 5, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Thomas | 29 min |
| May 5, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 53 min |
| May 5, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Perkins | 30 min |
| May 5, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 34 min |
| May 5, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 61 min |
| May 5, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 39 min |
| May 5, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha | 46 min |
| May 5, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 37 min |
| May 5, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 18 min |
| May 5, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha, Rock | 31 min |
| May 5, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 59 min |
| May 5, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 26 min |
| May 5, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Custer, Keya Paha | 3 hr |
| May 5, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt, Loup, Rock | 45 min |
| May 5, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 28 min |
| May 5, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 51 min |
| May 5, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 46 min |
| May 5, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd | 23 min |
| May 5, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha | 38 min |
| May 5, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Rock | 24 min |
| May 5, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown | 24 min |
| May 5, 6:37 PM CDT | 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.