Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 54, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2007, 3:37 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 6, 2007, 3:37 PM MDT (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2007, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 4:00 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | Gordon, NE | ROOF FROM GROCERY STORE REPORTED BLOWN OFF. |
| Jun 6, 4:05 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | Gordon, NE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:45 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1559 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2235 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 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 062138 TORLBF NEC161-062215- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0054.070606T2137Z-070606T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 337 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RUSHVILLE...HAY SPRINGS...GORDON... * UNTIL 415 PM MDT * AT 332 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR INTERSECTION OF BEAVER CREEK ROAD AND WHITE CLAY CREEK ROAD...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF HAY SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 87 AND LARABEE ROAD BY 400 PM MDT... IN ADDITION TO THIS STORM...ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION WAS INDICATED BY SPOTTERS 3 MILES SOUTH OF CLINTON AT 335 PM MDT. PERSONS ACROSS NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4258 10274 4259 10209 4297 10214 4296 10276 $$ BUTTLER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 062155 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 455 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 NEC161-062215- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-070606T2215Z/ SHERIDAN NE- 355 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY... AT 352 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLINTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GORDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GORDON BY 400 PM MDT... 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 20 MILE MARKER 110 BY 405 PM MDT... HIGHWAY 27 MILE MARKER 230 BY 410 PM MDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4258 10274 4259 10209 4297 10214 4296 10276 $$ BUTTLER
000 WWUS53 KLBF 062202 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 502 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 NEC161-062215- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-070606T2215Z/ SHERIDAN NE- 402 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY... AT 357 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLINTON...OR ABOUT NEAR GORDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 27 MILE MARKER 230 BY 410 PM MDT... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4258 10274 4259 10209 4297 10214 4296 10276 $$ BUTTLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 59 min |
| Jun 6, 4:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 32 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.