Tornado Warning 39, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

May 5, 2007, 2:13 PM MDT (20:13 UTC)

Expired

May 5, 2007, 2:31 PM MDT

In force

18 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Keith County, NE

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS53 KLBF 052014
TORLBF
NEC101-052045-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0039.070505T2013Z-070505T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
213 PM MDT SAT MAY 5 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL KEITH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 245 PM MDT

* AT 209 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR KEYSTONE...
  OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF OGALLALA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHERN KEITH COUNTY AT 230 PM MDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL 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 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 052031
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
330 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

NEC101-052040-
/O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070505T2045Z/
KEITH NE-
230 PM MDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL KEITH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED.

LAT...LON 4122 10175 4114 10157 4139 10139 4138 10173

$$

MASEK

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