Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 55, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2007, 8:39 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 51 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
- Jun 6, 2007, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2007, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 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), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 9:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 10 Ne Arnold, NE | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN |
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, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 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 070139 TORLBF NEC041-070230- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0055.070607T0139Z-070607T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 839 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ARNOLD... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 833 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ARNOLD... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ANSELMO BY 850 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. THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CUSTER COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4140 10023 4135 9979 4172 9970 4170 10021 $$ BUTTLER/ODER
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 070151 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 851 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 NEC041-070230- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-070607T0230Z/ CUSTER NE- 851 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY... AT 848 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ANSELMO...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARNOLD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF VICTORIA SPRINGS STATE RECREATION AREA BY 855 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4140 10023 4135 9979 4172 9970 4170 10021 $$ BUTTLER/ODER
000 WWUS53 KLBF 070205 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 904 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 NEC041-070230- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-070607T0230Z/ CUSTER NE- 904 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY... AT 858 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 92 MILE MARKER 260...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF MERNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ANSELMO AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERNA BY 910 PM CDT... VICTORIA SPRINGS STATE RECREATION AREA BY 920 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THIS TORNADO...ANOTHER STORM WITH STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR MILBURN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER POTENTIALLY TORNADIC STORM WAS ENTERING EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY. 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 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4140 10023 4135 9979 4172 9970 4170 10021 $$ BUTTLER
000
WWUS53 KLBF 070216
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
916 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007
NEC089-149-070245-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0202.000000T0000Z-070607T0245Z/
ROCK NE-HOLT NE-
916 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HOLT AND ROCK COUNTIES...
AT 913 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HIGHWAY 11 MILE MARKER 160 TO PONY LAKE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 21 MILES WEST OF SPENCER TO 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BASSETT...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
ATKINSON BY 935 PM CDT...
HIGHWAY 11 MILE MARKER 160 BY 940 PM CDT...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4287 9896 4274 9936 4241 9965 4208 9966
4207 9924 4254 9925 4251 9888
$$
MASEKThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Logan | 59 min |
| Jun 6, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha, Rock | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Loup | 61 min |
| Jun 6, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 52 min |
| Jun 6, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 21 min |
| Jun 6, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Loup | 52 min |
| Jun 6, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 39 min |
| Jun 7, 4:02 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:18 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | LBF | Arthur, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith | 6 hr |
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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.