Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 9, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2007, 6:47 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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
- Mar 28, 2007, 6:47 PM MDT (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2007, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 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 290047 TORLBF NEC031-290115- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0009.070329T0047Z-070329T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 647 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 715 PM MDT * AT 641 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 20 AND IRWIN ROAD...OR ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF GORDON...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MERRIMAN BY 655 PM MDT... 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 4260 10200 4261 10157 4292 10149 4295 10200 $$ BUTTLER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 290105 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 803 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 NEC031-290115- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070329T0115Z/ CHERRY NE- 703 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY... AT 701 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MERRIMAN...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF MARTIN...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4260 10200 4261 10157 4292 10149 4295 10200 $$ BUTTLER
000 WWUS53 KLBF 290114 RRA SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 812 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 NEC031-290122- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070329T0115Z/ CHERRY NE- 712 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 715 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY AND NO LONGER POSED A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE. LAT...LON 4260 10200 4261 10157 4292 10149 4295 10200 $$ BUTTLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 6:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 6:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 6:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 6:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 7:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 7:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Grant | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 7:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 8:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 8:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 8:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 18 min |
| Mar 28, 8:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, McPherson | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 8:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 10:18 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Keith, Perkins | 6 hr |
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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.