Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2012, 6:10 PM CDT for Garfield County, Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 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
- May 4, 2012, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Garfield County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 6:31 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 8 Nw Ericson, NE | |
| May 4, 6:38 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 Wnw Ericson, NE | 1 MILE NORTH OF HWY 70 AND HWY 91 INTERCHANGE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 1902 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
937 WUUS53 KLBF 042310 SVRLBF NEC071-183-050000- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0057.120504T2310Z-120505T0000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 610 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... SOUTHERN WHEELER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 607 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT HARTSUFF STATE PARK... OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURWELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ERICSON...BARTLETT AND PIBEL LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE. THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF THESE STORMS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER... INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...PREFERABLY INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR A CLOSET...OR INTO A BASEMENT. && LAT...LON 4197 9843 4174 9840 4177 9891 4197 9893 TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 274DEG 16KT 4186 9887 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ JACOBS
1 follow-up statement
907 WWUS53 KLBF 042316 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 616 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 NEC071-183-050000- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-120505T0000Z/ GARFIELD NE-WHEELER NE- 616 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN WHEELER AND EAST CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ERICSON...OR 16 MILES EAST OF BURWELL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ERICSON...BARTLETT AND PIBEL LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE. THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF SUPERCELLS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD A TORNADO OCCUR OR A TORNADO WARNING BE ISSUED. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4197 9843 4174 9840 4177 9891 4197 9893 TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 274DEG 16KT 4186 9882 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN $$ JACOBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 3:14 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LBF | Arthur, Chase, Custer, Deuel, Frontier, Hayes and 5 more | 3 hr |
| May 4, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 41 min |
| May 4, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker | 40 min |
| May 4, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 16 min |
| May 4, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Loup | 40 min |
| May 4, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 27 min |
| May 4, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Loup | 50 min |
| May 4, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Loup | 36 min |
| May 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Loup | 49 min |
| May 4, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Garfield, Loup | 29 min |
| May 4, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | 28 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.