Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 92, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Sep 28, 2007, 5:52 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 53 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2007, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 6:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Hershey, NE | |
| Sep 28, 6:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ne Hershey, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 2279 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 517 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 282251 TORLBF NEC111-282345- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0092.070928T2252Z-070928T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 552 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NORTH PLATTE... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT. * AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF SUTHERLAND RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SUTHERLAND RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA BY 605 PM CDT... 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SUTHERLAND BY 615 PM CDT... HERSHEY BY 645 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4125 10083 4105 10065 4095 10113 4117 10122 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 228DEG 8KT 4103 10108 $$ KECK
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLBF 282305 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 605 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 2007 NEC111-282345- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-070928T2345Z/ LINCOLN NE- 605 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SUTHERLAND RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HERSHEY BY 615 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4125 10083 4105 10065 4095 10113 4117 10122 TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 214DEG 17KT 4112 10104 $$ KECK
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 4:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LBF | Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Holt, Hooker and 4 more | 15 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 30 min |
| Sep 28, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 17 min |
| Sep 28, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 42 min |
| Sep 28, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Sep 28, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 34 min |
| Sep 28, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 27 min |
| Sep 28, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 44 min |
| Sep 28, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 38 min |
| Sep 28, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Sep 28, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 47 min |
| Sep 28, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.