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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS North Platte, NE

August 3, 2012Brown County, Holt County, Rock County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT for Brown County, Holt County, Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report 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
Aug 3, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Brown County, NE, Holt County, NE, Rock County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 3, 7:55 PM CDTHAIL 16 Se Long Pine, NE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 3, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1191 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1191 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

096 
WUUS53 KLBF 040045
SVRLBF
NEC017-089-149-040145-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0178.120804T0045Z-120804T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
745 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BROWN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHWESTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 741 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
  LONG PINE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BASSETT...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BASSETT AROUND 800 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 4251 9875 4240 9986 4272 9959 4272 9954
      4277 9942 4280 9927 4289 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 277DEG 16KT 4251 9963
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

ROBERG
1 follow-up statement
189 
WWUS53 KLBF 040115
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
815 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012

NEC017-089-149-040145-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-120804T0145Z/
BROWN NE-HOLT NE-ROCK NE-
815 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
ROCK...WEST CENTRAL HOLT AND EAST CENTRAL BROWN COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM
CDT...

AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF STUART...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SPENCER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL BROWN...NORTHERN ROCK AND WEST CENTRAL HOLT COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS HIGHWAY 11 MILE MARKER 160.

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 4259 9942 4279 9894 4251 9875 4240 9986
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 278DEG 18KT 4267 9902
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

ROBERG

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Brown, Cherry, Rock, Thomas57 min
Aug 3, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Holt, Rock47 min
Aug 3, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Holt26 min
Aug 3, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson38 min
Aug 3, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan, McPherson43 min
Aug 3, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln43 min
Aug 3, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster53 min
Aug 3, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster18 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.