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Tornado Warning 24, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 2, 2012, 5:29 PM MDT for Deuel County, Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 2, 2012, 5:29 PM MDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2012, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:50 PM MDT | TORNADO | 10 Wsw Big Springs, NE | SEDGWICK COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED TORNADO TWO MILES NORTH OF JULESBURG MOVING EAST. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 452 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1193 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KLBF 022329
TORLBF
NEC049-069-030000-
/O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0024.120802T2329Z-120803T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
529 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN DEUEL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...
SOUTH CENTRAL GARDEN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 600 PM MDT
* AT 528 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 6
MILES SOUTH OF INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 27 AND 9 MILE ROAD...OR 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF CHAPPELL. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME.
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BIG SPRINGS...GOLDENEYE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...HIGHWAY 27
MILE MARKER 100...HIGHWAY 30 MILE MARKER 100 AND INTERSTATE 80 MILE
MARKER 100.
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 4129 10232 4115 10206 4101 10205 4099 10210
4100 10234 4122 10249
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 329DEG 5KT 4119 10233
$$
SPRINGER1 follow-up statement
299
WWUS53 KLBF 022343
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
643 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012
NEC069-022352-
/O.CAN.KLBF.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120803T0000Z/
GARDEN NE-
543 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GARDEN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF GARDEN COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4123 10247 4122 10219 4115 10206 4101 10205
4099 10210 4100 10211 4100 10234 4122 10249
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 324DEG 12KT 4113 10227
$$
NEC049-030000-
/O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120803T0000Z/
DEUEL NE-
543 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN DEUEL COUNTY UNTIL
600 PM MDT...
AT 537 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 27 AND 9
MILE ROAD...OR 10 MILES EAST OF CHAPPELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BIG SPRINGS...GOLDENEYE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...HIGHWAY 30
MILE MARKER 100 AND INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 100.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4123 10247 4122 10219 4115 10206 4101 10205
4099 10210 4100 10211 4100 10234 4122 10249
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 324DEG 12KT 4113 10227
$$
SPRINGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 23 min |
| Aug 1, 6:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Loup | 56 min |
| Aug 1, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 62 min |
| Aug 1, 6:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 52 min |
| Aug 1, 7:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 7:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Wheeler | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 4:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 4:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden | 31 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.