Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 75, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2007, 8:23 PM CDT for Hayes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2007, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hayes County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 9:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Hamlet, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 140123 TORLBF NEC085-140215- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0075.070714T0123Z-070714T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 823 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HAYES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAYES CENTER... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 816 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAYES CENTER STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAYES CENTER...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HAMLET BY 910 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. EXTENSIVE HAIL DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SUTHERLAND. A TORNADO ALSO OCCURRED NEAR SUTHERLAND FROM THIS STORM. 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 4069 10081 4069 10131 4036 10134 4035 10086 $$ CDC
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 140154 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 854 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 NEC085-140215- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-070714T0215Z/ HAYES NE- 854 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR HAYES COUNTY... AT 843 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HAMLET...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF HAYES CENTER...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. EXTENSIVE HAIL DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SUTHERLAND AND A TORNADO ALSO FORMED NEAR SUTHERLAND. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4069 10081 4069 10131 4036 10134 4035 10086 $$ CDC
000 WWUS53 KLBF 140216 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 914 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 NEC085-140224- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-070714T0215Z/ HAYES NE- 914 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HAYES COUNTY EXPIRES AT 915 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR HAYES COUNTY WILL EXIT THE COUNTY BY 915 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL IS STILL LIKELY ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN HAYES COUNTY. LAT...LON 4069 10081 4069 10131 4036 10134 4035 10086 $$ KAR
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, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, McPherson | 44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.