Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 68, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2007, 6:11 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 min. 6 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
- Jul 13, 2007, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2007, 6:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 6:18 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 Ne Hershey, NE | |
| Jul 13, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | North Platte, NE | |
| Jul 13, 6:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 10 Nw North Platte, NE | |
| Jul 13, 6:27 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 6 W North Platte, NE | GOLF BALL TO BASEBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED. |
| Jul 13, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 W North Platte, NE | |
| Jul 13, 6:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Sse Hershey, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 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 132312 TORLBF NEC111-140000- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0068.070713T2311Z-070714T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 611 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NORTH PLATTE... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HERSHEY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES EAST OF HERSHEY BY 625 PM CDT... NORTH PLATTE BY 650 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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 4134 10078 4131 10104 4108 10099 4111 10069 $$ CDC
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 132328 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 628 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 NEC111-140000- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-070714T0000Z/ LINCOLN NE- 628 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF HERSHEY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4134 10078 4131 10104 4108 10099 4111 10069 $$ CDC
000 WWUS53 KLBF 132344 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 643 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 NEC111-132353- /O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-070714T0000Z/ LINCOLN NE- 643 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THIS STORM HAS MOVED SOUTH INTO CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL SEVERE IS STILL POSSIBLE AS ANOTHER STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY SHORTLY. LAT...LON 4134 10078 4131 10104 4108 10099 4111 10069 $$ CDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, McPherson, Thomas | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, McPherson | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, McPherson | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hooker | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hooker, McPherson | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | McPherson | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 38 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.