Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 45, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2007, 8:10 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 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
- May 22, 2007, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2007, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Custer County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1480 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 230110 TORLBF NEC041-230145- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0045.070523T0110Z-070523T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 810 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COMSTOCK...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF TAYLOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... COMSTOCK BY 815 PM CDT... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SARGENT BY 820 PM CDT... 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 4130 9954 4132 9923 4173 9921 4173 9951 $$ JWS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 230126 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 824 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 NEC041-230145- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-070523T0145Z/ CUSTER NE- 824 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY... AT 820 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COMSTOCK...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TAYLOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM INDICATING STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF WESTERVILLE...ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY THROUGH 845 PM CDT WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4130 9954 4132 9923 4173 9921 4173 9951 $$ JWS
000 WWUS53 KLBF 230146 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 844 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 NEC041-230154- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-070523T0145Z/ CUSTER NE- 844 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 845 PM CDT... AT 844 PM CDT...NORTH PLATTE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED EAST OUT OF THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA UNTIL 11 PM CDT. IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT THAT INFORMATION TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR FURTHER RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4130 9954 4132 9923 4173 9921 4173 9951 $$ JWS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 45 min |
| May 22, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 40 min |
| May 22, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 48 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.