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Tornado Warning 82, NWS North Platte, NE

August 3, 2007Keya Paha County, Nebraska

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 3, 3:17 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2007-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 659 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2007-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

CDC
1 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

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry31 min
Aug 3, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKeya Paha46 min
Aug 4, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLoup42 min
Aug 4, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster39 min
Aug 4, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster49 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.