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Tornado Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE

March 24, 2007Hayes County, Nebraska

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 24, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2007-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2007-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHayes23 min
Mar 24, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKeith36 min
Mar 24, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFDeuel35 min
Mar 24, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFGarden33 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.