Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 6, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Mar 24, 2007, 7:30 PM CDT for Frontier County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 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, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2007, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Frontier County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 250030 TORLBF NEC063-250115- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0006.070325T0030Z-070325T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 730 PM CDT SAT MAR 24 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FRONTIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CURTIS... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 724 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR STOCKVILLE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CURTIS...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 9 MILES EAST OF CURTIS BY 740 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. LAT...LON 4036 10074 4036 10013 4068 10007 4069 10074 $$ JMC
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 250054 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 754 PM CDT SAT MAR 24 2007 NEC063-250115- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070325T0115Z/ FRONTIER NE- 754 PM CDT SAT MAR 24 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR FRONTIER COUNTY... AT 751 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 18 MILE MARKER 20...OR ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF CURTIS...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4036 10074 4036 10013 4068 10007 4069 10074 $$ JMC
000 WWUS53 KLBF 250112 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 810 PM CDT SAT MAR 24 2007 NEC063-250120- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070325T0115Z/ FRONTIER NE- 810 PM CDT SAT MAR 24 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FRONTIER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 815 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 845 PM CDT ACROSS EASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY. THE STORM THAT WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS EXITED THE REGION HOWEVER. LAT...LON 4036 10074 4036 10013 4068 10007 4069 10074 $$ JMC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 56 min |
| Mar 24, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Mar 24, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 62 min |
| Mar 24, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Garfield, Loup | 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.