Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2012, 7:05 PM MDT for Cherry County, Hooker County, McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 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, 7:05 PM MDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cherry County, NE, Hooker County, NE, McPherson County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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, 7:19 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 14 Sw Mullen, 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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.
477 WUUS53 KLBF 190105 SVRLBF NEC031-091-117-190145- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0005.120319T0105Z-120319T0145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 705 PM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... WESTERN HOOKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 745 PM MDT/845 PM CDT/ * AT 801 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 SAND BEACH LAKE...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARTHUR...AND MOVING NORTH AT 70 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SPECKEL MEIR LAKE AROUND 740 PM MDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HIGHWAY 2 MILE MARKER 170. 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 4247 10146 4244 10081 4163 10116 4161 10137 TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 184DEG 63KT 4176 10131 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN $$ TAYLOR
2 follow-up statements
172 WWUS53 KLBF 190127 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 827 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 NEC031-091-117-190145- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120319T0145Z/ HOOKER NE-MCPHERSON NE-CHERRY NE- 727 PM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY...NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON AND WESTERN HOOKER COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM MDT/845 PM CDT/... AT 724 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARR LAKE...OR 12 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...MOVING NORTH AT 70 MPH. IN ADDITION...AT 719 PM MDT QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 14 SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN WITH THIS STORM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SPECKEL MEIR LAKE AROUND 740 PM MDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4247 10146 4244 10081 4163 10116 4161 10137 TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 184DEG 63KT 4213 10127 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ TAYLOR
611 WWUS53 KLBF 190146 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 846 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 NEC031-091-117-190156- /O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120319T0145Z/ HOOKER NE-MCPHERSON NE-CHERRY NE- 746 PM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY... NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON AND WESTERN HOOKER COUNTIES 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...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4247 10146 4244 10081 4163 10116 4161 10137 TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 184DEG 63KT 4215 10127 $$ 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, 6:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson | 52 min |
| Mar 18, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes, Lincoln | 52 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.