Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2012, 5:08 PM CDT for Holt County, Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 min. 2 reports 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
- Sep 3, 2012, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Holt County, NE, Rock County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 5:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 17 S Newport, NE | A FEW TREE LIMBS DOWN...SIZE UNKNOWN. |
| Sep 3, 5:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 17 S Newport, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
341 WUUS53 KLBF 032208 SVRLBF NEC089-149-032300- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0199.120903T2208Z-120903T2300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 508 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... CENTRAL ROCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 506 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 TWIN LAKES STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF BASSETT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PONY LAKE...BROWN LAKE AND STUART. 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 4264 9911 4223 9899 4220 9948 4240 9951 TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 241DEG 24KT 4232 9937 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ BROOKS
3 follow-up statements
832 WWUS53 KLBF 032219 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 519 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012 NEC089-149-032300- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-120903T2300Z/ HOLT NE-ROCK NE- 519 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL ROCK AND WEST CENTRAL HOLT COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 515 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH 17 MILES SOUTH OF NEWPORT. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PONY LAKE...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BASSETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STUART. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4221 9938 4244 9944 4264 9911 4223 9899 TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 239DEG 28KT 4238 9924 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ BROOKS
532 WWUS53 KLBF 032241 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 541 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012 NEC149-032250- /O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-120903T2300Z/ ROCK NE- 541 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ROCK COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4230 9902 4234 9924 4256 9925 4264 9911 TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 241DEG 24KT 4246 9910 $$ NEC089-032300- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-120903T2300Z/ HOLT NE- 541 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL HOLT COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 538 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATKINSON...OR 23 MILES EAST OF BASSETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STUART. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4230 9902 4234 9924 4256 9925 4264 9911 TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 241DEG 24KT 4246 9910 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ BROOKS
058 WWUS53 KLBF 032253 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 553 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012 NEC089-032302- /O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-120903T2300Z/ HOLT NE- 553 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL HOLT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT/500 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. LAT...LON 4230 9902 4234 9924 4256 9925 4264 9911 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 241DEG 24KT 4250 9900 $$ BROOKS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha, Rock | 64 min |
| Sep 3, 4:59 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Holt, Hooker and 6 more | 11 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:59 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Deuel and 12 more | 29 hr |
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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.