Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Mar 24, 2007, 5:57 PM MDT for Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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, 5:57 PM MDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2007, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Garden County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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, 5:20 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 242357 TORLBF NEC069-250030- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0005.070324T2357Z-070325T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 557 PM MDT SAT MAR 24 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN GARDEN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OSHKOSH... * UNTIL 630 PM MDT * AT 555 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WINDLASS HILL...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OSHKOSH...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BLUEWATER BATTLEFIELD STATE HISTORICAL PARK BY 610 PM MDT... 6 MILES EAST OF OSHKOSH BY 615 PM MDT... 6 MILES EAST OF DOGTOWN FLATS BY 630 PM MDT... 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 4123 10258 4124 10206 4172 10202 4157 10260 $$ CDC
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 250028 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 728 PM CDT SAT MAR 24 2007 NEC069-250038- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070325T0030Z/ GARDEN NE- 628 PM MDT SAT MAR 24 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GARDEN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 630 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY. NO ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LAT...LON 4123 10258 4124 10206 4172 10202 4157 10260 $$ CDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 5:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes | 23 min |
| Mar 24, 5:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 36 min |
| Mar 24, 5:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Deuel | 35 min |
| Mar 24, 5:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes | 46 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.