Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 1, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2012, 4:15 PM CST for Lincoln County, Logan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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
- Feb 28, 2012, 4:15 PM CST (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2012, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 4:15 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 S Stapleton, NE | DOORS BLOWN OFF OF MACHINE SHED. DELAYED REPORT. |
| Feb 28, 4:15 PM CST | TORNADO | 9 Wsw Gandy, NE | OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED A TORNADO 9 MILES WSW OF GANDY. |
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, 10.3 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
- 720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 456 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 433 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
206 WFUS53 KLBF 282215 TORLBF NEC111-113-282245- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0001.120228T2215Z-120228T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 415 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 445 PM CST * AT 410 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF STAPLETON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... STAPLETON AND GANDY AROUND 425 PM CST. TARBOZ LAKE AROUND 430 PM CST. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 120. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4163 10052 4156 10033 4133 10056 4138 10064 TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 205DEG 33KT 4140 10054 $$ JACOBS
1 follow-up statement
286 WWUS53 KLBF 282222 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 422 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 NEC111-282231- /O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120228T2245Z/ LINCOLN NE- 422 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4141 10051 4144 10061 4163 10052 4156 10033 TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 192DEG 47KT 4150 10052 $$ NEC113-282245- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120228T2245Z/ LOGAN NE- 422 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CST... AT 419 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STAPLETON...MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. AT 410 PM CST A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 9 MILES SOUTH OF STAPLETON. THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 120. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4141 10051 4144 10061 4163 10052 4156 10033 TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 192DEG 47KT 4150 10052 $$ JACOBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 4:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Logan, Thomas | 45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.