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Tornado Warning 19, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2012, 6:32 PM CDT for Garfield County, Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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
- May 4, 2012, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Garfield County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 6:38 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 Wnw Ericson, NE | 1 MILE NORTH OF HWY 70 AND HWY 91 INTERCHANGE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.
724 WFUS53 KLBF 042332 TORLBF NEC071-183-050000- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0019.120504T2332Z-120505T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 632 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... SOUTHWESTERN WHEELER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 629 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ERICSON...OR 19 MILES EAST OF BURWELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ERICSON...BARTLETT AND PIBEL LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. 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 4196 9851 4175 9852 4181 9886 4189 9886 TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 271DEG 11KT 4185 9878 $$ JACOBS
2 follow-up statements
237 WWUS53 KLBF 042347 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 647 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 NEC071-183-050000- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120505T0000Z/ GARFIELD NE-WHEELER NE- 647 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN WHEELER AND EAST CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 638 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 6 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF ERICSON. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ERICSON...OR 22 MILES EAST OF BURWELL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ERICSON...BARTLETT AND PIBEL LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE. && LAT...LON 4181 9881 4190 9882 4196 9851 4175 9852 TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 271DEG 11KT 4185 9872 $$ JACOBS
272 WWUS53 KLBF 050001 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 701 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 NEC071-183-050011- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120505T0000Z/ GARFIELD NE-WHEELER NE- 701 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WHEELER AND EAST CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 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 4181 9881 4190 9882 4196 9851 4175 9852 TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 271DEG 11KT 4185 9872 $$ 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, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Loup | 36 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 |
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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.