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Tornado Warning 7, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2025, 7:44 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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
- Apr 27, 2025, 7:44 PM MDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2025, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:51 PM MDT | HAIL 3 | 11 N Whitman, NE | Report via spotter network. |
| Apr 27, 7:51 PM MDT | TORNADO | 20 N Whitman, NE | Spotter reports tornado 20 miles north of Whitman. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 3:56 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 1437 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
138
WFUS53 KLBF 280144
TORLBF
NEC031-280230-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0007.250428T0144Z-250428T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
844 PM CDT Sun Apr 27 2025
The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Cherry County in north central Nebraska...
* Until 930 PM CDT.
* At 844 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 12 miles north of Whitman, or 25 miles northwest of
Mullen, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
south central Cherry County, including the following locations...
Whitman Road crossing the North Branch of the Middle Loup River,
Speckel Meir Lake, Sevenmile Hill, and Hire.
This includes Highway 97 between mile markers 83 and 84.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4209 10144 4223 10167 4245 10142 4228 10100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 243DEG 18KT 4222 10149
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
$$
JWS2 follow-up statements
502
WWUS53 KLBF 280154
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
854 PM CDT Sun Apr 27 2025
NEC031-280230-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-250428T0230Z/
Cherry NE-
854 PM CDT Sun Apr 27 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...
At 853 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 16 miles northeast of
Whitman, or 24 miles northwest of Mullen, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and baseball size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Whitman Road crossing the North Branch of the Middle Loup River,
Speckel Meir Lake, Sevenmile Hill, and Hire.
This includes Highway 97 between mile markers 83 and 84.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4209 10144 4223 10167 4245 10142 4228 10100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 234DEG 27KT 4226 10141
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.75 IN
$$
JWS117
WWUS53 KLBF 280213
SVSLBF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
913 PM CDT Sun Apr 27 2025
NEC031-280230-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-250428T0230Z/
Cherry NE-
913 PM CDT Sun Apr 27 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...
At 910 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 20 miles northeast of Whitman, or 23 miles northwest of
Mullen, moving northeast at 20 mph. A second storm 12 miles north of
Whitman also has radar indicated rotation.
HAZARD...Tornado and baseball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Whitman Road crossing the North Branch of the Middle Loup River,
Speckel Meir Lake, Sevenmile Hill, and Hire.
This includes Highway 97 between mile markers 83 and 84.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4209 10144 4223 10167 4245 10142 4228 10100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 235DEG 16KT 4230 10134
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.75 IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 6:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 6:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Hooker | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 6:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 6:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 6:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant, Hooker | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 6:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Sheridan | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 6:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 7:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 7:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 8:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 8:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 8:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 8:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 8:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 9:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 9:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 9:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 9:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 10:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 10:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 11:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 11:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 12:09 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 1:33 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha, Rock | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 2:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 3:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Logan, Thomas | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 3:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keya Paha | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 4:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Boyd | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd | 19 min |
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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.