Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 12, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 6:19 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 min. 3 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, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 6:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 Sw North Platte, NE | |
| Apr 14, 6:43 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | North Platte, NE | |
| Apr 14, 6:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 E North Platte, NE | PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL AT THE LBF WEATHER OFFICE. |
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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 23 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.
954 WFUS53 KLBF 142319 TORLBF NEC111-150000- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0012.120414T2319Z-120415T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 619 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 700 PM CDT * AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF DICKENS...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA AROUND 635 PM CDT. NORTH PLATTE AROUND 640 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. && LAT...LON 4132 10078 4095 10052 4088 10111 4101 10118 TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 233DEG 32KT 4099 10095 $$ BROOKS
2 follow-up statements
569 WWUS53 KLBF 142328 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 628 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 NEC111-150000- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120415T0000Z/ LINCOLN NE- 628 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 622 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAD ALSO PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL SOUTHEAST OF HERSHEY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA AROUND 635 PM CDT. NORTH PLATTE AROUND 640 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4093 10101 4106 10111 4132 10078 4095 10052 TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 233DEG 32KT 4103 10087 $$ BROOKS
714 WWUS53 KLBF 142339 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 639 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 NEC111-150000- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120415T0000Z/ LINCOLN NE- 639 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 636 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IN ADDITION...THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF NORTH PLATTE SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE LARGE HAIL. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... NORTH PLATTE AROUND 645 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE. && LAT...LON 4099 10091 4114 10100 4132 10078 4095 10052 TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 240DEG 29KT 4106 10079 $$ BROOKS
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, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 29 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, 6:33 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.