Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 15, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 7:01 PM CDT for Blaine County, Loup County, Nebraska. It was in force for 16 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2012, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 7:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Blaine County, NE, Loup County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 269 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
- 871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 483 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
925 WFUS53 KLBF 150001 TORLBF NEC009-115-150030- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0015.120415T0001Z-120415T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 701 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... LOUP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MILBURN...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BREWSTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ALMERIA MEADOW STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AROUND 710 PM CDT. 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 4174 9945 4175 9979 4209 9965 4208 9922 TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 203DEG 42KT 4183 9967 $$ STOPPKOTTE
2 follow-up statements
748 WWUS53 KLBF 150013 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 713 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 NEC009-115-150030- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120415T0030Z/ BLAINE NE-LOUP NE- 713 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LOUP AND SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALMERIA MEADOW STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR 14 MILES EAST OF BREWSTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LOUP AND SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS HIGHWAY 183 MILE MARKER 140. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4174 9945 4175 9979 4209 9965 4208 9922 TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 215DEG 35KT 4195 9957 $$ STOPPKOTTE
974 WWUS53 KLBF 150017 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 717 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 NEC009-115-150027- /O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120415T0030Z/ BLAINE NE-LOUP NE- 717 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LOUP AND SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE COUNTIES 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 SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. LAT...LON 4174 9945 4175 9979 4209 9965 4208 9922 TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 215DEG 35KT 4198 9954 $$ STOPPKOTTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 40 min |
| Apr 14, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 40 min |
| Apr 14, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Loup | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock, Wheeler | 46 min |
| Apr 14, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Garfield, Loup | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, McPherson | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 11:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 21 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:59 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | LBF | Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Custer, Garfield and 6 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.