Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2012, 8:12 PM MDT for Arthur County, Garden County, Keith County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2012, 8:12 PM MDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2012, 8:36 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Arthur County, NE, Garden County, NE, Keith County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 3:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -383 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2384 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
640 WUUS53 KLBF 230212 SVRLBF NEC005-069-101-230300- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0134.120623T0212Z-120623T0300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 812 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN ARTHUR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... SOUTHEASTERN GARDEN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA... NORTHWESTERN KEITH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 900 PM MDT * AT 806 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEWELLEN...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OSHKOSH...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CLEAR CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...EAGLE GULCH CAMPGROUND...OTTER CREEK CAMPGROUND AND LEMOYNE. 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. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 4153 10183 4127 10173 4125 10224 4139 10229 TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 255DEG 23KT 4132 10211 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$ JACOBS
2 follow-up statements
988 WWUS53 KLBF 230225 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 925 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2012 NEC005-069-101-230300- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0134.000000T0000Z-120623T0300Z/ GARDEN NE-KEITH NE-ARTHUR NE- 825 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARTHUR...NORTHWESTERN KEITH AND SOUTHEASTERN GARDEN COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM MDT... AT 820 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLEAR CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR 16 MILES EAST OF OSHKOSH...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EAGLE GULCH CAMPGROUND...OTTER CREEK CAMPGROUND AND LEMOYNE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 4153 10183 4127 10173 4125 10224 4139 10229 TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 255DEG 23KT 4134 10200 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ JACOBS
924 WWUS53 KLBF 230236 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 936 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2012 NEC005-069-101-230245- /O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0134.000000T0000Z-120623T0300Z/ GARDEN NE-KEITH NE-ARTHUR NE- 836 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARTHUR... NORTHWESTERN KEITH AND SOUTHEASTERN GARDEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... 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 ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT. LAT...LON 4153 10183 4127 10173 4125 10224 4139 10229 TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 255DEG 23KT 4136 10192 $$ JACOBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 55 min |
| Jun 22, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 8:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Keith | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 9:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 9:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 11:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.