Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 83, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 3, 2007, 7:44 PM CDT for Keya Paha 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
- Aug 3, 2007, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2007, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 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), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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, 0.7 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
- 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 040045 TORLBF NEC103-040130- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0083.070804T0044Z-070804T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 744 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 830 PM CDT * AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES WEST OF SPRINGVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SPRINGVIEW BY 830 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 4297 10011 4282 10016 4273 9972 4291 9969 $$ 13
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 040100 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 800 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2007 NEC103-040130- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-070804T0130Z/ KEYA PAHA NE- 800 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR WESTERN KEYA PAHA COUNTY... AT 756 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 12 MILE MARKER 30...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF SPRINGVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 12 MILE MARKER 40 BY 820 PM CDT... 6 MILES WEST OF SPRINGVIEW AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 183 MILE MARKER 220 BY 830 PM CDT... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4297 10011 4282 10016 4273 9972 4291 9969 $$ 13
000 WWUS53 KLBF 040114 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 814 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2007 NEC103-040130- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-070804T0130Z/ KEYA PAHA NE- 814 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR WESTERN KEYA PAHA COUNTY... AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 12 MILE MARKER 40...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF SPRINGVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SPRINGVIEW AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 183 MILE MARKER 220 BY 830 PM CDT... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4297 10011 4282 10016 4273 9972 4291 9969 $$ 13
000 WWUS53 KLBF 040130 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 830 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2007 NEC103-040140- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-070804T0130Z/ KEYA PAHA NE- 830 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN KEYA PAHA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 830 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF WEAKENING AND THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM MAY BECOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4297 10011 4282 10016 4273 9972 4291 9969 $$ 13
The 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, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 23 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.