Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT for Logan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 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
- Apr 14, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Logan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 42 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.
891
WUUS53 KLBF 142200
SVRLBF
NEC113-142245-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0029.120414T2200Z-120414T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
500 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 455 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
SOUTHWEST OF STAPLETON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
STAPLETON AND GANDY AROUND 515 PM CDT.
TARBOZ LAKE AROUND 525 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HIGHWAY
83 MILE MARKER 120.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
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 4140 10071 4173 10067 4174 10025 4139 10041
4139 10071
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 227DEG 22KT 4142 10058
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
STOPPKOTTE2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KLBF 142231 RRA
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
531 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
NEC113-142245-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120414T2245Z/
LOGAN NE-
531 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LOGAN COUNTY
UNTIL 545 PM CDT...
AT 527 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
STAPLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
TARBOZ LAKE AROUND 540 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HIGHWAY
83 MILE MARKER 120.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4140 10071 4173 10067 4174 10025 4139 10041
4139 10071
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 227DEG 22KT 4151 10048
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
STOPPKOTTE693
WWUS53 KLBF 142246
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
546 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
NEC113-142256-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120414T2245Z/
LOGAN NE-
546 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LOGAN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
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 AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.
LAT...LON 4140 10071 4173 10067 4174 10025 4139 10041
4139 10071
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 227DEG 22KT 4151 10048
$$
STOPPKOTTEThe 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, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Wheeler | 28 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, 5:08 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 |
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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.