Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 59, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2007, 7:04 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 56 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 21, 2007, 7:04 PM MDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2007, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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 21, 7:05 PM MDT | TORNADO | 8 W Merritt Reservoir D, NE | BREIF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN |
| Jun 21, 7:25 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Merritt Reservoir Dam, NE | DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED. |
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 21, 3:37 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 3305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 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 220103 TORLBF NEC031-220200- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0059.070622T0104Z-070622T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 804 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT(800 PM MDT) * AT 658 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STEER CREEK CAMPGROUND...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MERRITT RESERVOIR DAM BY 830 PM CDT... 6 MILES WEST OF BIG ALKALI LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCHLAGEL CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 900 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 MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING(1100 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING) FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4271 10125 4250 10107 4251 10047 4284 10051 $$ KAR
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 220118 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 816 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2007 NEC031-220200- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-070622T0200Z/ CHERRY NE- 816 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT(800 PM MDT) FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY... AT 713 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF MERRITT RESERVOIR DAM...OR ABOUT 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 110 BY 740 PM MDT... MERRITT RESERVOIR DAM BY 845 PM CDT... AT 805 PM MDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN SAMUEL MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST NORTH OF THE UPSTREAM PORTION OF MERRITT RESERVOIR. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING(1100 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING) FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4271 10125 4250 10107 4251 10047 4284 10051 $$ KAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 6:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Rock | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 63 min |
| Jun 21, 7:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 23 min |
| Jun 21, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 7:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 7:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 7:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 7:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 7:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 7:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Grant | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 7:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 8:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 8:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 8:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha, Rock | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 8:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 8:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant, Hooker | 45 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.