Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2012, 4:10 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min. 3 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
- May 30, 2012, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 30, 4:12 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 6 Nnw North Platte, NE | |
| May 30, 4:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | 5 Nnw North Platte, NE | PEA TO ALMOST DIME SIZED HAIL. |
| May 30, 4:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | 6 Ne North Platte, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 1457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 487 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
686 WUUS53 KLBF 302110 SVRLBF NEC111-302200- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0110.120530T2110Z-120530T2200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 410 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 406 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HERSHEY...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NORTH PLATTE AROUND 425 PM CDT. MAXWELL AROUND 450 PM CDT. COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AROUND 455 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4128 10027 4092 10057 4121 10100 4136 10097 TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 307DEG 29KT 4125 10086 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ TAYLOR
2 follow-up statements
631 WWUS53 KLBF 302132 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 432 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012 NEC111-302200- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-120530T2200Z/ LINCOLN NE- 432 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH PLATTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MAXWELL AROUND 450 PM CDT. COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AROUND 455 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4113 10080 4124 10070 4128 10027 4092 10057 TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 307DEG 29KT 4114 10067 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ TAYLOR
633 WWUS53 KLBF 302152 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 452 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012 NEC111-302202- /O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-120530T2200Z/ LINCOLN NE- 452 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT/400 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4113 10080 4124 10070 4128 10027 4092 10057 TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 307DEG 29KT 4104 10050 $$ TAYLOR
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 20 min |
| May 30, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 45 min |
| May 30, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes | 51 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.