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Areal Flood Advisory 3, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this areal flood advisory at Apr 14, 2012, 5:41 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2012, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 1610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Apr 14, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 344 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 .SYNOPSIS... CLOSED LOW OVER THE 4 CORNERS AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH DEEPENING SURFACE LOW OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO. WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM THIS SURFACE LOW INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT. CLEARING OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WITH CU FIELDS DEVELOPING WARM FRONT FRONT SURFACE LOW OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO AND WARM FRONT INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. DRYLINE BACK INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO. TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST...PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED SOME FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS HAVE KEPT MENTION OF RAIN SNOW MIX OVER HIGHER ELEVATION OF THE EAST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. STRONG GRADIENT WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT ON SUNDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS STILL NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. A RAW DAY ACROSS THE AREA AS UPPER LOW SHEARS OUT OVER NORTH PLATTE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. UPPER LOW LOOSENS ITS GRIP SUNDAY NIGHT BUT A SECONDARY WAVE MOVING IN FAST NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CLIP THE FORECAST AREA AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. WEAK SYSTEMS CONTINUE THROUGH THE NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK MOVING ACROSS THE DAKOTAS WITH SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO NORTHERN NEBRASKA AND NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION... ALTHOUGH NOT CONTINUOUS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE TAF SITES THROUGH INTO SUNDAY. THIS WILL OCCUR AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN COLORADO INTENSIFIES AND MOVES NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS NEAR A WARM FRONT OVER SOUTHERN NEBRASKA ...THEN MOVE NORTHEAST. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL...VERY STRONG WINDS...LIGHTNING AND TORNADOES. THE SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA BY SUNDAY MORNING WHICH WILL PUSH THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ SUNDAY FOR NEZ004-005-022>025-035>037-056>059-069>071-094. WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR NEZ006>010- 026>029-038. && SHORT TERM/EXTENDED...POWER AVIATION...BROOKS
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 3:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 337 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-152045- SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN- GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- 337 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 /237 PM MDT SAT APR 14 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED STRONG TORNADOES. THE STORMS WILL TRACK NORTHEAST. A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM STOCKVILLE...THROUGH SUTHERLAND...MULLEN...AND VALENTINE. JUST TO THE EAST...A HIGH RISK AREA EXTENDS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM CALLAWAY...THROUGH BREWSTER...AND ONEILL. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED INFORMATION AS THIS SIGNIFICANT EVENT UNFOLDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AS THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM LIFTS FROM EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG WITH AN AREA OF SHOWERS LIFTING ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW FOR AREAS WEST OF VALENTINE THROUGH OGALLALA SUNDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED INTO THIS EVENING. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE BROOKS
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Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 11:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 54 min |
| Apr 14, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Wheeler | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 3:14 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, Thomas | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Logan, McPherson | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 22 min |
| Apr 14, 5:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Logan | 4 hr |
| Apr 14, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 16 min |
| Apr 14, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Loup | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 6:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 4 hr |
| Apr 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.