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Tornado Warning 9, NWS North Platte, NE

March 28, 2007Cherry County, Nebraska

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2007-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2007-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 6:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase30 min
Mar 28, 6:10 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry35 min
Mar 28, 6:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase50 min
Mar 28, 6:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Keith49 min
Mar 28, 6:41 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFArthur, Keith49 min
Mar 28, 6:53 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFChase, Perkins52 min
Mar 28, 7:07 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFArthur, Garden38 min
Mar 28, 7:26 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFGrant34 min
Mar 28, 7:43 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFKeith, Perkins47 min
Mar 28, 8:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan40 min
Mar 28, 8:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln, Perkins52 min
Mar 28, 8:26 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFKeith18 min
Mar 28, 8:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Keith, McPherson38 min
Mar 28, 8:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes49 min
Mar 28, 10:18 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningLBFChase, Hayes, Keith, Perkins6 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.