Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Mar 24, 2007, 6:44 PM CDT for Hayes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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
- Mar 24, 2007, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2007, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hayes County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1024 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 242344 TORLBF NEC085-250030- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0004.070324T2344Z-070325T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 644 PM CDT SAT MAR 24 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HAYES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAYES CENTER... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 643 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HAYES CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HAYES CENTER BY 655 PM CDT... HAYES CENTER STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 705 PM CDT... 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 4037 10129 4036 10080 4068 10079 4068 10131 $$ JMC
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 250008 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 708 PM CDT SAT MAR 24 2007 NEC085-250030- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070325T0030Z/ HAYES NE- 708 PM CDT SAT MAR 24 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR HAYES COUNTY... AT 703 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HAYES CENTER STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF HAYES CENTER... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHEASTERN HAYES COUNTY AT 720 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4037 10129 4036 10080 4068 10079 4068 10131 $$ JMC
000 WWUS53 KLBF 250023 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 724 PM CDT SAT MAR 24 2007 NEC085-250034- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070325T0030Z/ HAYES NE- 724 PM CDT SAT MAR 24 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HAYES COUNTY EXPIRES AT 730 PM CDT... LAT...LON 4037 10129 4036 10080 4068 10079 4068 10131 $$ JMC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes | 23 min |
| Mar 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 36 min |
| Mar 24, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Deuel | 35 min |
| Mar 24, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.