Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 82, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 3, 2007, 7:22 PM CDT for Keya Paha County, Nebraska. It was in force for 23 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
- Aug 3, 2007, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2007, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Keya Paha County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 659 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLBF 040022
TORLBF
NEC103-040045-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0082.070804T0022Z-070804T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
722 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN KEYA PAHA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPRINGVIEW...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 712 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH RIVER TRIAL...OR ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF
VALENTINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NORTH RIVER TRIAL BY 740 PM CDT...
SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR SPARKS AT 7 PM.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4298 10021 4284 10019 4279 10009 4277 9991
4274 9977 4273 9962 4299 9955
$$
CDC1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLBF 040031
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
730 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2007
NEC103-040045-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-070804T0045Z/
KEYA PAHA NE-
730 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
KEYA PAHA COUNTY...
AT 729 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR HIGHWAY 12 MILE MARKER 30...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF
SPRINGVIEW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED
EALIER FROM THIS STORM NEAR SPARKS...THIS STORM WILL STILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ACROSS WESTERN KEYA PAHA COUNTY.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HIGHWAY 12 MILE MARKER 30 BY 740 PM CDT...
NORTH RIVER TRIAL AND 7 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 12 MILE MARKER 40 BY
745 PM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4298 10021 4284 10019 4279 10009 4277 9991
4274 9977 4273 9962 4299 9955
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Loup | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 49 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.