Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2012, 6:38 PM MDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 52 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
- Mar 18, 2012, 6:38 PM MDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Arthur County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, McPherson County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 6:48 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 25 N Sarben, 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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 1047 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
615 WUUS53 KLBF 190038 SVRLBF NEC005-101-111-117-190130- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0003.120319T0038Z-120319T0130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 738 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN ARTHUR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... NORTHEASTERN KEITH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... WESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT/730 PM MDT/ * AT 634 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SARBEN...OR 21 MILES EAST OF OGALLALA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 65 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DIAMOND BAR LAKE AROUND 750 PM CDT. SCHNICK LAKE AROUND 755 PM CDT. SAND BEACH LAKE AROUND 800 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HIGHWAY 92 MILE MARKER 180. 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 4174 10153 4173 10101 4120 10118 4119 10146 TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 186DEG 57KT 4129 10133 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN $$ TAYLOR
1 follow-up statement
837 WWUS53 KLBF 190100 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 800 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 NEC101-111-190109- /O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120319T0130Z/ KEITH NE-LINCOLN NE- 700 PM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHEASTERN KEITH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4141 10147 4174 10153 4173 10101 4142 10111 TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 186DEG 57KT 4162 10128 $$ NEC005-117-190130- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120319T0130Z/ MCPHERSON NE-ARTHUR NE- 800 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN ARTHUR AND WESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT/730 PM MDT/... AT 757 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCHNICK LAKE...OR 18 MILES WEST OF TRYON...MOVING NORTH AT 65 MPH. IN ADDITION...AT GOLF BALL SIZE WAS REPORTED 25 MILES NORTH OF SARBEN WITH THIS STORM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN ARTHUR AND WESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES. 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 4141 10147 4174 10153 4173 10101 4142 10111 TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 186DEG 57KT 4162 10128 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN $$ TAYLOR
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 39 min |
| Mar 18, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes, Lincoln | 52 min |
| Mar 18, 7:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, McPherson | 40 min |
| Mar 18, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Mar 18, 8:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Mar 18, 8:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 32 min |
| Mar 18, 8:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 21 min |
| Mar 18, 8:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 32 min |
| Mar 18, 9:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Logan, Thomas | 40 min |
| Mar 18, 9:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 16 min |
| Mar 19, 3:19 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith and 1 more | 15 hr |
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.