Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 74, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2007, 7:59 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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
- Jul 13, 2007, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2007, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 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), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 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 140100 TORLBF NEC111-140145- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0074.070714T0059Z-070714T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 759 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 749 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF WALLACE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WALLACE AND DICKENS BY 815 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THIS STORM PRODUCED A BRIEF TORNADO NEAR SUTHERLAND. 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 4107 10084 4107 10124 4070 10123 4071 10080 $$ CDC
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 140113 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 812 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 NEC111-140145- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-070714T0145Z/ LINCOLN NE- 812 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WALLACE...OR ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 25 MILE MARKER 60 BY 825 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THIS STORM PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR SUTHERLAND. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4107 10084 4107 10124 4070 10123 4071 10080 $$ CDC
000 WWUS53 KLBF 140139 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 838 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 NEC111-140148- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-070714T0145Z/ LINCOLN NE- 838 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 845 PM CDT... THE STORM HAS MOVED SOUTH AND HAS EXITED LINCOLN COUNTY. NO ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LAT...LON 4107 10084 4107 10124 4070 10123 4071 10080 $$ CDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, McPherson | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 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.