Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 16, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 7:41 PM CDT for Blaine County, Custer County, Loup County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Blaine County, NE, Custer County, NE, Loup County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:45 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 Ne Anselmo, NE | |
| Apr 14, 7:45 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 7 Ne Anselmo, NE | BASEBALL SIZED HAIL CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO WINDOWS AND SIDING. |
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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 280 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.
215 WFUS53 KLBF 150041 TORLBF NEC009-041-115-150115- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0016.120415T0041Z-120415T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 741 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... NORTH CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA... WESTERN LOUP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 736 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NORTH OF ANSELMO...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF BREWSTER. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAIL TO BASEBALL IN SIZE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS DANGEROUS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALMERIA MEADOW STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...ALMERIA AND HIGHWAY 91 MILE MARKER 40. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. 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 4205 9962 4175 9940 4160 9979 4174 9987 TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 230DEG 34KT 4175 9974 $$ JACOBS
2 follow-up statements
165 WWUS53 KLBF 150053 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 753 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 NEC009-041-115-150115- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120415T0115Z/ BLAINE NE-CUSTER NE-LOUP NE- 753 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN LOUP...NORTH CENTRAL CUSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 750 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF ALMERIA...OR 14 MILES WEST OF TAYLOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IN ADDITION...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT 727 PM CDT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANSELMO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ALMERIA AROUND 800 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE. && LAT...LON 4177 9979 4205 9962 4175 9940 4164 9969 TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 230DEG 34KT 4182 9962 $$ JACOBS
126
WWUS53 KLBF 150102
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
802 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
NEC009-041-150112-
/O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120415T0115Z/
BLAINE NE-CUSTER NE-
802 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CUSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN
BLAINE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
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 4174 9946 4174 9957 4187 9969 4205 9962
4175 9940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 230DEG 34KT 4188 9952
$$
NEC115-150115-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120415T0115Z/
LOUP NE-
802 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN LOUP COUNTY UNTIL
815 PM CDT...
AT 759 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALMERIA...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF TAYLOR...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN LOUP
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTH PLATTE.
&&
LAT...LON 4174 9946 4174 9957 4187 9969 4205 9962
4175 9940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 230DEG 34KT 4188 9952
$$
JACOBSThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Loup | 16 min |
| 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, 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 |
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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.