Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 40, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 3:44 PM CDT for Brown County, Keya Paha County, Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Brown County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Rock County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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, 3:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | Springview, NE | AT 345 PM A TORNADO DAMAGED A BED AND BREAKFAST AND INJURED AT LEAST ONE INDIVIDUAL 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGVIEW...THE TORNADO THEN MOVED NORTHWARD DESTROYING SEVERAL OUT BUILDINGS...UPROOTING TREES...AND RIPPING ROOFS OFF OTHER STRUCTURES. |
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, 10:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 052044 TORLBF NEC017-103-149-052115- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0040.070505T2044Z-070505T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 344 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF AINSWORTH... CENTRAL KEYA PAHA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPRINGVIEW... NORTHWESTERN ROCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 340 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LONG PINE...OR ABOUT NEAR AINSWORTH...MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KELLER PARK STATE RECREATION AREA BY 350 PM CDT... THOMAS CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND 7 MILES EAST OF BOBCAT STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 355 PM CDT... SPRINGVIEW BY 400 PM CDT... 6 MILES WEST OF BURTON BY 405 PM CDT... LAT...LON 4253 10000 4246 9963 4299 9937 4299 9994 $$ HIRSCH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 052058 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 358 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 NEC017-103-149-052115- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-070505T2115Z/ ROCK NE-BROWN NE-KEYA PAHA NE- 358 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL KEYA PAHA...NORTHEASTERN BROWN AND NORTHWESTERN ROCK COUNTIES... AT 353 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR THOMAS CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BASSETT... MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 5 MILES EAST OF SPRINGVIEW BY 405 PM CDT... BURTON AND HIGHWAY 183 MILE MARKER 220 BY 410 PM CDT... LAT...LON 4253 10000 4246 9963 4299 9937 4299 9994 $$ HIRSCH
000 WWUS53 KLBF 052118 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 417 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 NEC017-103-149-052127- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-070505T2115Z/ ROCK NE-BROWN NE-KEYA PAHA NE- 417 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL KEYA PAHA...NORTHEASTERN BROWN AND NORTHWESTERN ROCK COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED AT 415 PM CDT... A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF KEYA PAHA COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE AND THIS MAY CREATE FLOODING PROBLEMS...REMAIN AWARE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. LAT...LON 4253 10000 4246 9963 4299 9937 4299 9994 $$ HIRSCH
The 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, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown | 60 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, 3:46 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.