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Tornado Warning 10, NWS North Platte, NE

April 14, 2012Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 5:44 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 16 min. 4 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
Apr 14, 2012, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 14, 5:46 PM CDTHAIL 19 Ssw North Platte, NE
Apr 14, 5:47 PM CDTTORNADONorth Platte, NESPOTTER REPORTS TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF FLYING J TRUCK STOP IN NORTH PLATTE
Apr 14, 5:59 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 W North Platte, NELOWERED DOWN BUT NEVER TOUCHED DOWN.
Apr 14, 6:09 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDNorth Platte, NE

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 14 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2012-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2012-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

246 
WFUS53 KLBF 142244
TORLBF
NEC111-142300-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0010.120414T2244Z-120414T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
544 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A CONFIRMED RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO SOUTHEAS OF NORTH PLATTE. DOPPLER 
  RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THERE IS     
  POSSIBLY TWO TORNADOES.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL LINCOLN
  COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER
  90.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4140 10073 4130 10047 4096 10073 4105 10094
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 207DEG 27KT 4109 10078

$$

POWER
1 follow-up statement
696 
WWUS53 KLBF 142251
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
551 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

NEC111-142300-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120414T2300Z/
LINCOLN NE-
551 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN
COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO.  THIS RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST 
SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...SOUTH OF NEWBERRY ACCESS AND STATE FARM 
ROAD MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 90.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4111 10090 4140 10073 4130 10047 4105 10067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 207DEG 27KT 4114 10075

$$

POWER

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 11:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWheeler54 min
Apr 14, 11:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield47 min
Apr 14, 12:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Wheeler28 min
Apr 14, 3:14 PM CDTWind AdvisoryLBFArthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more31 hr
Apr 14, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Lincoln44 min
Apr 14, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, Logan, McPherson44 min
Apr 14, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan, Thomas47 min
Apr 14, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, Logan, McPherson25 min
Apr 14, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, Logan38 min
Apr 14, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLogan, McPherson32 min
Apr 14, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, Logan, McPherson30 min
Apr 14, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan45 min
Apr 14, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln22 min
Apr 14, 5:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFLogan4 hr
Apr 14, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln26 min
Apr 14, 5:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFLincoln6 hr
Apr 14, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln29 min
Apr 14, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster51 min
Apr 14, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln51 min
Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln41 min
Apr 14, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, Logan27 min
Apr 14, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBlaine, Custer, Loup26 min
Apr 14, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln33 min
Apr 14, 6:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFLincoln, Logan4 hr
Apr 14, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, Logan65 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.