Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 7, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2007, 6:10 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 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
- Mar 28, 2007, 6:10 PM MDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2007, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 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), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 6:12 PM MDT | TORNADO | 20 S Merriman, NE | |
| Mar 28, 6:12 PM MDT | TORNADO | 20 Sw Merriman, NE | UPDATED INFORMATION ON TORNADO WHICH WAS 20 S OF MERRIMAN. LATEST INFORMATION...TORNADO 2 WEST OF MORGAN LAKE...150 TO 200 YARDS WIDE. TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST AND TOOK THE TOPS OUT OF TREES AND THE DOOR OFF A HOUSE BEFORE LIFTING JUST SOUTH OF THE SNAKE RIVER. |
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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1774 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 290010 TORLBF NEC031-290045- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0007.070329T0010Z-070329T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 610 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 645 PM MDT * AT 606 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MORGAN LAKE...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GORDON...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 20 AND IRWIN ROAD BY 635 PM MDT... 9 MILES WEST OF MERRIMAN BY 645 PM MDT... 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 4215 10202 4212 10152 4297 10147 4298 10202 $$ BUTTLER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 290030 RRA SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 729 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 NEC031-290045- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070329T0045Z/ CHERRY NE- 629 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY... AT 626 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 20 AND IRWIN ROAD...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GORDON...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 20 AND IRWIN ROAD BY 640 PM MDT... 9 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 61 CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER BY 645 PM MDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4215 10202 4212 10152 4297 10147 4298 10202 $$ BUTTLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 6:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 6:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 6:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 6:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 7:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 7:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Grant | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 7:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 8:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 8:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 8:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 18 min |
| Mar 28, 8:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, McPherson | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 8:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 10:18 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Keith, Perkins | 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.