Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2012, 8:18 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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
- Aug 1, 2012, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 1154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
968 WUUS53 KLBF 020118 SVRLBF NEC111-020200- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0167.120802T0118Z-120802T0200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 818 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 814 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 NEAR LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...MAXWELL AND HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 70. 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 ON OR NEAR LAKE MALONEY...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM. && LAT...LON 4110 10038 4085 10042 4094 10089 4112 10086 TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 278DEG 12KT 4101 10075 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ JACOBS
3 follow-up statements
969 WWUS53 KLBF 020126 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 826 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 NEC111-020200- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-120802T0200Z/ LINCOLN NE- 826 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 823 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. IN ADDITION...AT 817 PM CDT QUARTER TO PING PONG SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT LAKE MALONEY WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND MAXWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4094 10089 4111 10074 4110 10038 4085 10042 TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 278DEG 12KT 4101 10071 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ JACOBS
996 WWUS53 KLBF 020140 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 840 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 NEC111-020200- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-120802T0200Z/ LINCOLN NE- 840 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 837 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 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND MAXWELL. 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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4093 10083 4110 10064 4110 10038 4085 10042 TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 278DEG 12KT 4100 10065 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ JACOBS
836 WWUS53 KLBF 020151 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 851 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 NEC111-020201- /O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-120802T0200Z/ LINCOLN NE- 851 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT/800 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE. LAT...LON 4093 10083 4110 10064 4110 10038 4085 10042 TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 278DEG 12KT 4099 10060 $$ JACOBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 23 min |
| Aug 1, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Loup | 56 min |
| Aug 1, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 62 min |
| Aug 1, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 52 min |
| Aug 1, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Wheeler | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.