Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 57, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2007, 12:17 AM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 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
- Jun 12, 2007, 12:17 AM MDT (06:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2007, 1:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Chase County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:17 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.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 2552 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 120617 TORLBF NEC029-120700- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0057.070612T0617Z-070612T0700Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1217 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF IMPERIAL... * UNTIL 100 AM MDT * AT 1212 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CHAMPION... OR ABOUT NEAR IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... IMPERIAL BY 1225 AM MDT... THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CHASE 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. LAT...LON 4038 10194 4039 10144 4065 10137 4066 10195 $$ BUTTLER
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 120630 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 130 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007 NEC029-120700- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-070612T0700Z/ CHASE NE- 1230 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT FOR CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY... AT 1227 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... IMPERIAL BY 1235 AM MDT... HIGHWAY 61 MILE MARKER 50 BY 100 AM MDT... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4038 10194 4039 10144 4065 10137 4066 10195 $$ BUTTLER
000 WWUS53 KLBF 120642 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 141 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007 NEC029-120700- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-070612T0700Z/ CHASE NE- 1241 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT FOR CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY... AT 1238 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 61 MILE MARKER 50 BY 100 AM MDT... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 4038 10194 4039 10144 4065 10137 4066 10195 $$ BUTTLER
000 WWUS53 KLBF 120703 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 201 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007 NEC029-120711- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-070612T0700Z/ CHASE NE- 101 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 100 AM MDT... THE THUNDERSTORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSED AN IMMEDIATE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES NORTH NORTHEAST OF IMPERIAL. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM MDT FOR CHASE COUNTY. LAT...LON 4038 10194 4039 10144 4065 10137 4066 10195 $$ BUTTLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 7:01 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Chase | 119 min |
| Jun 11, 7:11 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 9:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Perkins | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 12:00 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 1:10 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Chase | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:23 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Perkins | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:39 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more | 48 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:54 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Chase | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:19 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:41 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 12:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 1:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Keith | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 2:43 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Hayes | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:22 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 61 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.