Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2012, 6:18 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 57 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
- Jul 19, 2012, 6:18 PM MDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2012, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1746 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
818 WUUS53 KLBF 200018 SVRLBF NEC031-200115- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0155.120720T0018Z-120720T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 718 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT/715 PM MDT/ * AT 613 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STEER CREEK CAMPGROUND...OR 34 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE NORTH LOUP RIVER...MERRITT RESERVOIR DAM... VALENTINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...BIG ALKALI LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...SCHLAGEL CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA... HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER...HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 100...HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 110 AND HIGHWAY 20 MILE MARKER 210. 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 4289 10026 4221 10081 4251 10120 4273 10109 TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 288DEG 12KT 4256 10105 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN $$ SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
162 WWUS53 KLBF 200048 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 748 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012 NEC031-200115- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-120720T0115Z/ CHERRY NE- 748 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT/715 PM MDT/... AT 646 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MERRITT RESERVOIR DAM...OR 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SCHLAGEL CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...BIG ALKALI LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...VALENTINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND HIGHWAY 20 MILE MARKER 210. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4289 10026 4221 10081 4251 10120 4273 10109 TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 294DEG 14KT 4255 10078 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN $$ SPRINGER
241 WWUS53 KLBF 200114 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 814 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012 NEC031-200124- /O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-120720T0115Z/ CHERRY NE- 814 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT/715 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 4289 10026 4221 10081 4251 10120 4273 10109 TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 294DEG 14KT 4251 10065 $$ SPRINGER
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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.