Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2012, 9:27 PM CDT for Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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
- May 23, 2012, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2012, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 9:31 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 6 N Bartlett, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1035 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2387 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
411
WUUS53 KLBF 240227
SVRLBF
NEC183-240315-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0102.120524T0227Z-120524T0315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
927 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WHEELER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 921 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOOSE LAKE STATE WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT AREA TO ERICSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
AT 925 PM QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BARTLETT.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PIBEL LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA AND BARTLETT AROUND 940 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4176 9876 4209 9860 4209 9840 4209 9839
4210 9830 4209 9829 4175 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 238DEG 18KT 4208 9845 4180 9867
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
CDC3 follow-up statements
934
WWUS53 KLBF 240245
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
945 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012
NEC183-240315-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-120524T0315Z/
WHEELER NE-
945 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WHEELER COUNTY
UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...
AT 940 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KNIEVELS CORNER
TO BARTLETT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WHEELER
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4176 9876 4209 9860 4209 9840 4209 9839
4210 9830 4209 9829 4175 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 253DEG 23KT 4214 9827 4187 9848
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
CDC121
WWUS53 KLBF 240306
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1006 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012
NEC183-240315-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-120524T0315Z/
WHEELER NE-
1006 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WHEELER COUNTY
UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...
AT 1004 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIBEL LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 28 MILES
EAST OF BURWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WHEELER
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS BARTLETT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4175 9829 4176 9869 4209 9860 4209 9840
4209 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 231DEG 30KT 4181 9858
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
CDC856
WWUS53 KLBF 240315
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1015 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012
NEC183-240325-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-120524T0315Z/
WHEELER NE-
1015 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WHEELER COUNTY IS BEING
REISSUED...
PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 4175 9829 4176 9869 4209 9860 4209 9840
4209 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 231DEG 30KT 4185 9850
$$
CDCThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 34 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.