Alert archive / Nebraska / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this freeze warning at Oct 4, 2012, 4:02 PM CDT for 9 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Oct 5, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 4, 2012, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 5, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Custer County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
750 WWUS73 KLBF 042102 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 402 PM CDT THU OCT 4 2012 ...COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT... A COLD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT AND IN THE DRY...COLD AIRMASS...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO THE MID 20S TO THE LOWER 30S OVERNIGHT. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BE ENOUGH FOR FROST OR FREEZING CONDITIONS...AND POTENTIALLY ENDING THE GROWING SEASON. NEZ006-007-009-010-026>029-038-050515- /O.NEW.KLBF.FZ.W.0002.121005T0600Z-121005T1500Z/ KEYA PAHA-BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...BASSETT... ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...BROKEN BOW 402 PM CDT THU OCT 4 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURE...DROPPING TO THE 25 TO 28 DEGREE RANGE OVERNIGHT AND REMAINING COLD THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES THIS COLD WILL RESULT IN A KILLING FREEZE...PUTTING AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON. FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD DAMAGE UNDRAINED OUTDOOR HOSES AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NEZ005-008-025-037-056>059-069>071-050515- /O.NEW.KLBF.FR.Y.0005.121005T0600Z-121005T1500Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-BROWN-THOMAS-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN- CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...AINSWORTH...THEDFORD... STAPLETON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT... NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 402 PM CDT THU OCT 4 2012 /302 PM MDT THU OCT 4 2012/ ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURE: DROPPING TO THE 28 TO 32 DEGREE RANGE OVERNIGHT AND REMAINING COLD THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES THIS COLD WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FROST. SENSITIVE VEGETATION COULD BE HARMED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES COULD ALSO DAMAGE UNDRAINED OUTDOOR HOSES AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
3 follow-up statements
916 WWUS73 KLBF 050510 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1210 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT... TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED TO OR BELOW THE FREEZING MARK ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT. CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM FALLING TOO FAR BY MORNING. HOWEVER...LOCATIONS ACROSS CUSTER COUNTY AND ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 CAN EXPECT A HARD FREEZE WITH LOWS FALLING TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S. ELSEWHERE...LOWS SHOULD DROP INTO THE LOW 30S...WITH LOCALIZED FAVORED PLACES FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S. NEZ006-007-009-010-026>029-038-051500- /O.CON.KLBF.FZ.W.0002.121005T0600Z-121005T1500Z/ KEYA PAHA-BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...BASSETT... ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...BROKEN BOW 1210 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...DROPPING TO THE 25 TO 28 DEGREE RANGE OVERNIGHT AND REMAINING COLD THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES THIS COLD WILL RESULT IN A KILLING FREEZE...PUTTING AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON. FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD DAMAGE UNDRAINED OUTDOOR HOSES AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NEZ005-008-025-037-056>059-069>071-051500- /O.CON.KLBF.FR.Y.0005.121005T0600Z-121005T1500Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-BROWN-THOMAS-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN- CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...AINSWORTH...THEDFORD... STAPLETON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT... NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 1210 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 /1110 PM MDT THU OCT 4 2012/ ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...DROPPING TO THE 28 TO 32 DEGREE RANGE OVERNIGHT AND REMAINING COLD THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES THIS COLD WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FROST. SENSITIVE VEGETATION COULD BE HARMED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES COULD ALSO DAMAGE UNDRAINED OUTDOOR HOSES AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ BROOKS
511 WWUS73 KLBF 051147 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 647 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 NEZ006-007-009-010-026>029-038-051500- /O.CON.KLBF.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121005T1500Z/ KEYA PAHA-BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...BASSETT... ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...BROKEN BOW 647 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 DEGREES UNTIL AFTER SUNRISE ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE 35 MOST AREAS BY 10 AM CDT. * IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES THIS COLD WILL RESULT IN A KILLING FREEZE...PUTTING AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON. FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD DAMAGE UNDRAINED OUTDOOR HOSES AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NEZ005-008-025-037-056>059-069>071-051500- /O.CON.KLBF.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-121005T1500Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-BROWN-THOMAS-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN- CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...AINSWORTH...THEDFORD... STAPLETON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT... NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 647 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 /547 AM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012/ ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...CONTINUING IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S UNTIL AFTER SUNSET...THEN INCREASING TO 35 OR HIGHER BY 10 AM LOCAL TIME. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES THIS COLD ARE LIKELY TO CREATE FROST ON COLD SURFACES. SENSITIVE VEGETATION COULD BE HARMED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES COULD ALSO DAMAGE UNDRAINED OUTDOOR HOSES AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
884 WWUS73 KLBF 051157 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 657 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 NEZ006-007-009-010-026>029-038-051500- /O.CON.KLBF.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121005T1500Z/ KEYA PAHA-BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...BASSETT... ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...BROKEN BOW 657 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 DEGREES UNTIL AFTER SUNRISE ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE 35 MOST AREAS BY 10 AM CDT. * IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES THIS COLD WILL RESULT IN A KILLING FREEZE...PUTTING AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON. FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD DAMAGE UNDRAINED OUTDOOR HOSES AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NEZ005-008-025-037-056>059-069>071-051500- /O.CON.KLBF.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-121005T1500Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-BROWN-THOMAS-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN- CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...AINSWORTH...THEDFORD... STAPLETON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT... NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 657 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 /557 AM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012/ ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...CONTINUING IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S UNTIL AFTER SUNRISE...THEN INCREASING TO 35 OR HIGHER BY 10 AM LOCAL TIME. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES THIS COLD ARE LIKELY TO CREATE FROST ON COLD SURFACES. SENSITIVE VEGETATION COULD BE HARMED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES COULD ALSO DAMAGE UNDRAINED OUTDOOR HOSES AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ SPRINGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 4:02 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | LBF | Brown, Chase, Cherry, Deuel, Frontier, Hayes and 5 more | 18 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.