Tornado Outbreak on Wednesday March 28th
Tornadoes and large hail darkened the skies across Western and North Central Nebraska
on Wednesday night.
Hazardous weather outlooks warned as early as Monday... of tornado producing ingredients
which were coming together for tornadoes on Wednesday. Tornado watches were issued
prior to 3 pm on Wednesday and the first warnings were issued just after 5 pm. Over 30
warnings were issued in this first large event of this spring season.
Numerous tornadoes were sited by law enforcement and trained spotters. The most
significant tornado known at this time...tracked across central sections of Perkins County
and may have tracked north to the west side of the city of Ogallala...where damage was reported.
Images from this storm follow showing radar from the National Weather Service.
Though the radar reflectivity image above does not show a great deal of detail. The doppler
velocity image below shows red next to green velocities near the P in Perkins County. This
indicates an area of rotation...at the same time as the tornado reports.
The initial tornado warning for Perkins and Chase counties was issued at 653 pm. Perkins
and then Keith County were under tornado warnings through 830 pm MDT. The first report
of a tornado was 703 pm MDT and the time of the damage near Ogallala was 811 pm MDT.
Storm damage surveys are planned by the NWS in North Platte for tomorrow and additional
information will be available after 3 pm Thursday. The preliminary storm report follows.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1022 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0555 PM HAIL 6 SW BRANDON 40.74N 102.01W
03/28/2007 E1.75 INCH PERKINS NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
0605 PM HAIL 5 W BRANDON 40.80N 102.03W
03/28/2007 E0.88 INCH PERKINS NE PUBLIC
FEW NICKEL SIZED HAILSTONES.
0610 PM HAIL 5 NW BINGHAM 42.07N 102.13W
03/28/2007 E0.75 INCH SHERIDAN NE PUBLIC
0615 PM HAIL 12 NE CHAPPELL 41.22N 102.30W
03/28/2007 E1.00 INCH DEUEL NE PUBLIC
0638 PM HAIL 10 NE OSHKOSH 41.51N 102.21W
03/28/2007 E0.88 INCH GARDEN NE CO-OP OBSERVER
0640 PM HAIL 5 SE OSHKOSH 41.36N 102.28W
03/28/2007 E1.75 INCH GARDEN NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAIL FROM NICKEL TO GOLFBALL ALONG HIGHWAY 26.
0645 PM HAIL 4 W BIG SPRINGS 41.06N 102.15W
03/28/2007 E1.00 INCH DEUEL NE CO-OP OBSERVER
HAIL MAINLY DIMES, BUT FEW QUARTER SIZE.
0648 PM HAIL 3 N RUSHVILLE 42.76N 102.47W
03/28/2007 E0.88 INCH SHERIDAN NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
0700 PM HAIL 4 W BIG SPRINGS 41.06N 102.15W
03/28/2007 E1.00 INCH DEUEL NE CO-OP OBSERVER
NICKEL TO QUARTER HAIL.
0707 PM HAIL 9 SSW CHAMPION 40.34N 101.78W
03/28/2007 E0.75 INCH CHASE NE PUBLIC
0707 PM HAIL 9 SSW CHAMPION 40.34N 101.78W
03/28/2007 E0.75 INCH CHASE NE PUBLIC
0707 PM HAIL 10 SSW CHAMPION 40.33N 101.78W
03/28/2007 E0.75 INCH DUNDY NE PUBLIC
0712 PM TORNADO 20 SW MERRIMAN 42.72N 101.98W
03/28/2007 CHERRY NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
UPDATED INFORMATION ON TORNADO WHICH WAS 20 S OF
MERRIMAN. LATEST INFORMATION...TORNADO 2 WEST OF MORGAN
LAKE...150 TO 200 YARDS WIDE. TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST AND
TOOK THE TOPS OUT OF TREES AND THE DOOR OFF A HOUSE
BEFORE LIFTING JUST SOUTH OF THE SNAKE RIVER.
0717 PM HAIL 15 NNE ELLSWORTH 42.26N 102.17W
03/28/2007 E0.88 INCH SHERIDAN NE CO-OP OBSERVER
0718 PM HAIL 18 N LISCO 41.76N 102.62W
03/28/2007 E0.75 INCH GARDEN NE PUBLIC
0732 PM HAIL 5 NW CHAMPION 40.52N 101.78W
03/28/2007 E1.75 INCH CHASE NE PUBLIC
0800 PM TORNADO 14 NNW ARTHUR 41.76N 101.80W
03/28/2007 GRANT NE PUBLIC
TORNADO ON GROUND FOR 30 MINUTES FROM 800 PM TO 830 PM
CDT. NO DAMAGE REPORTED.
0803 PM TORNADO 9 SSW GRANT 40.72N 101.79W
03/28/2007 PERKINS NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTS NEAR CHASE AND PERKINS
COUNTY LINE
0805 PM TORNADO 10 WSW ARTHUR 41.52N 101.87W
03/28/2007 ARTHUR NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
TORNADO ON THE GROUND
0805 PM TORNADO 10 WNW IMPERIAL 40.57N 101.81W
03/28/2007 CHASE NE CO-OP OBSERVER
BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
0810 PM TORNADO 4 W GRANT 40.84N 101.80W
03/28/2007 PERKINS NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTI REPORTS OF BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS 4 WEST OF GRANT
TO COUNTY LINE.
0812 PM TORNADO 10 S GRANT 40.70N 101.73W
03/28/2007 CHASE NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
TORNADO REPORTED ON CHASE/PERKINS COUNTY LINE
0822 PM TORNADO 7 SW GRANT 40.77N 101.82W
03/28/2007 PERKINS NE NWS EMPLOYEE
2 TORNADOES ON GROUND. ONE LARGE CONE AND ANOTHER SMALLER
TORNADO. HEADING NORTH EAST.
0833 PM TORNADO 6 NW GRANT 40.91N 101.81W
03/28/2007 PERKINS NE TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTERS REPORT A HALF MILE TO MILE WIDE TORNADO 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GRANT. MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST.
0844 PM TORNADO 9 SE BRULE 41.00N 101.77W
03/28/2007 KEITH NE COUNTY OFFICIAL
INTERMITTENT TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS NEAR THE KEITH-PERKINS
COUNTY LINE 3 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 61. NUMEROUS REPORTS
THIS LOCATION.
0911 PM TORNADO 1 SW OGALLALA 41.12N 101.73W
03/28/2007 KEITH NE NWS EMPLOYEE
TORNADO ON GROUND ON SW EDGE OF OGALLALA. POWER FLASHES.
BECAM RAIN WRAPPED AT 2116.
0935 PM TSTM WND GST 8 NE OGALLALA 41.21N 101.61W
03/28/2007 E90.00 MPH KEITH NE COUNTY OFFICIAL
90 MPH WIND REPORTED AT NE CORNER OF LAKE MCCONAUGHY.
0940 PM HAIL 30 NNW HYANNIS 42.40N 101.99W
03/28/2007 E0.75 INCH CHERRY NE PUBLIC
GROUND WHITE...1 INCH DEEP IN 3/4 INCH SIZE HAILSTONES.
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