Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2012, 3:48 PM CDT for Garfield County, Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 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 30, 2012, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2012, 4:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Garfield County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -591 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
027 WUUS53 KLBF 302048 SVRLBF NEC071-183-302145- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0149.120630T2048Z-120630T2145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 348 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... SOUTHERN WHEELER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 345 PM CDT...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 7 MILES WEST OF ERICSON...OR 16 MILES EAST OF BURWELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ERICSON...BARTLETT AND PIBEL LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA. 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. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 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 NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY SPARK WILD FIRES GIVEN THE DRY CONDITIONS. && LAT...LON 4173 9838 4174 9894 4196 9885 4194 9832 TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 281DEG 22KT 4180 9880 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ BUTTLER
2 follow-up statements
161 WWUS53 KLBF 302117 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 417 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 NEC071-302126- /O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-120630T2145Z/ GARFIELD NE- 417 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED ACROSS EASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY. LAT...LON 4173 9838 4174 9875 4196 9873 4194 9832 TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 276DEG 21KT 4178 9855 $$ NEC183-302145- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-120630T2145Z/ WHEELER NE- 417 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN WHEELER COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIBEL LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 28 MILES EAST OF BURWELL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN WHEELER COUNTY. 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. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY 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 4173 9838 4174 9875 4196 9873 4194 9832 TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 276DEG 21KT 4178 9855 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN $$ STOPPKOTTE
696 WWUS53 KLBF 302135 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 435 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 NEC183-302145- /O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-120630T2145Z/ WHEELER NE- 435 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WHEELER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4173 9838 4174 9875 4196 9873 4194 9832 TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 276DEG 21KT 4177 9840 $$ STOPPKOTTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Loup | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Loup | 37 min |
| Jun 30, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Perkins | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.