Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2012, 12:14 PM CDT for Holt County, Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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
- Apr 14, 2012, 12:14 PM CDT (17:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 12:42 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Holt County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 12:20 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 7 Nw Bartlett, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 1610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
740 WUUS53 KLBF 141714 SVRLBF NEC089-183-141800- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0022.120414T1714Z-120414T1800Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1214 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... WHEELER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 100 PM CDT * AT 1210 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 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARTLETT...OR 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURWELL...AND MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BARTLETT...FOUR CORNERS...GOOSE LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...KNIEVELS CORNER AND EWING. 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 4183 9876 4208 9876 4229 9830 4184 9829 TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 239DEG 31KT 4194 9866 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ BROOKS
2 follow-up statements
217 WWUS53 KLBF 141727 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1227 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 NEC089-183-141800- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120414T1800Z/ HOLT NE-WHEELER NE- 1227 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN WHEELER AND SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT... AT 1223 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FOUR CORNERS...OR 31 MILES SOUTH OF ONEILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KNIEVELS CORNER AND EWING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4184 9864 4213 9864 4229 9830 4184 9829 TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 247DEG 37KT 4203 9849 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ BROOKS
429 WWUS53 KLBF 141742 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1142 AM MDT SAT APR 14 2012 NEC089-183-141752- /O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120414T1800Z/ HOLT NE-WHEELER NE- 1242 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WHEELER AND SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTIES 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 SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4184 9864 4213 9864 4229 9830 4184 9829 TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 247DEG 37KT 4209 9829 $$ BROOKS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 11:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 54 min |
| Apr 14, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 3:14 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, Thomas | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Logan, McPherson | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 22 min |
| Apr 14, 5:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Logan | 4 hr |
| Apr 14, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 5:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 16 min |
| Apr 14, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Loup | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 6:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 4 hr |
| Apr 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.