Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 14, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 6:41 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 7:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 S Maxwell, NE | |
| Apr 14, 7:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ne Maxwell, NE | HAIL WAS COVERING THE GROUND. |
| Apr 14, 7:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Ene Maxwell, NE | HAIL COVERING THE GROUND |
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 31 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.
095
WFUS53 KLBF 142341
TORLBF
NEC111-150030-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0014.120414T2341Z-120415T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
641 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 636 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
WELLFLEET...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF CURTIS. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...MAXWELL...
JEFFREY CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND BRADY.
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 4082 10091 4116 10047 4092 10023 4070 10073
4070 10079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 234DEG 37KT 4081 10074
$$
BROOKS2 follow-up statements
140 WWUS53 KLBF 150001 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 701 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 NEC111-150030- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120415T0030Z/ LINCOLN NE- 701 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 659 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF CURTIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...MAXWELL... JEFFREY CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND BRADY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4075 10061 4093 10077 4116 10047 4092 10023 TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 234DEG 30KT 4090 10057 $$ BROOKS
498 WWUS53 KLBF 150014 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 714 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 NEC111-150023- /O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120415T0030Z/ LINCOLN NE- 714 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT. LAT...LON 4075 10061 4093 10077 4116 10047 4092 10023 TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 234DEG 30KT 4096 10046 $$ 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, 6:19 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, 6:54 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.