Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 17, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 8:07 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 8:32 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 19 Sw Chambers, 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 260 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.
710 WFUS53 KLBF 150107 TORLBF NEC071-089-115-149-150145- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0017.120415T0107Z-120415T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 807 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... SOUTHWESTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... LOUP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... SOUTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 804 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... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IN ADDITION...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... HORSESHOE BEND LAKE AROUND 815 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE 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. 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 4228 9936 4201 9891 4175 9943 4192 9966 TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 230DEG 34KT 4191 9948 $$ JACOBS
1 follow-up statement
975 WWUS53 KLBF 150132 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 832 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 NEC071-089-115-149-150140- /O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120415T0145Z/ GARFIELD NE-HOLT NE-LOUP NE-ROCK NE- 832 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROCK...LOUP...SOUTHWESTERN HOLT AND NORTHWESTERN GARFIELD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. HOWEVER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE. LAT...LON 4228 9936 4201 9891 4175 9943 4192 9966 TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 230DEG 34KT 4205 9925 $$ JACOBS
The 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, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Loup | 34 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.