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Tornado Warning 11, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 6:01 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 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, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 6:09 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | North Platte, NE | |
| Apr 14, 6:14 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | North Platte, NE | |
| Apr 14, 6:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | North Platte, NE | |
| Apr 14, 6:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 Sw North 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
763 WFUS53 KLBF 142301 TORLBF NEC111-142330- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0011.120414T2301Z-120414T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 601 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 90...HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 100 AND HIGHWAY 97 MILE MARKER 10. 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 4103 10094 4138 10085 4138 10034 4105 10059 TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 193DEG 15KT 4113 10065 $$ POWER
2 follow-up statements
221 WWUS53 KLBF 142316 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 616 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 NEC111-142330- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120414T2330Z/ LINCOLN NE- 616 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF MAXWELL...OR 15 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4120 10064 4139 10048 4138 10025 4113 10051 TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 223DEG 28KT 4123 10048 $$ POWER
925 WWUS53 KLBF 142331 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 631 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 NEC111-142340- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120414T2330Z/ LINCOLN NE- 631 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4120 10064 4139 10048 4138 10025 4113 10051 TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 223DEG 28KT 4123 10048 $$ POWER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 11:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 54 min |
| Apr 14, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Wheeler | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 3:14 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, Thomas | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Logan, McPherson | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 22 min |
| Apr 14, 5:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Logan | 4 hr |
| Apr 14, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 5:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 16 min |
| Apr 14, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Loup | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 6:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 4 hr |
| Apr 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 65 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.