Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 18, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2012, 5:24 PM CDT for Loup County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 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
- May 4, 2012, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Loup County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 1902 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
058 WFUS53 KLBF 042224 TORLBF NEC115-042300- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0018.120504T2224Z-120504T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 524 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LOUP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 521 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR ALMERIA...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF TAYLOR. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL LOUP COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. && LAT...LON 4196 9942 4182 9937 4185 9962 4192 9962 TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 271DEG 14KT 4186 9956 $$ JACOBS
2 follow-up statements
934 WWUS53 KLBF 042244 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 544 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 NEC115-042300- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120504T2300Z/ LOUP NE- 544 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LOUP COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF ALMERIA...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF TAYLOR...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LOUP COUNTY AND GARFIELD COUNTY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HIGHWAY 183 MILE MARKER 130. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE. && LAT...LON 4196 9942 4182 9937 4184 9950 4190 9951 TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 271DEG 14KT 4185 9943 $$ JACOBS
008 WWUS53 KLBF 042252 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 552 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 NEC115-042301- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120504T2300Z/ LOUP NE- 552 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LOUP COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. HOWEVER HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOUP COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT . LAT...LON 4196 9942 4182 9937 4184 9950 4190 9951 TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 271DEG 14KT 4185 9939 $$ JACOBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 3:14 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LBF | Arthur, Chase, Custer, Deuel, Frontier, Hayes and 5 more | 3 hr |
| May 4, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 41 min |
| May 4, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker | 40 min |
| May 4, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 16 min |
| May 4, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Loup | 40 min |
| May 4, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 27 min |
| May 4, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Loup | 50 min |
| May 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Loup | 49 min |
| May 4, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Garfield, Loup | 29 min |
| May 4, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | 50 min |
| May 4, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | 28 min |
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.