Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Mar 18, 2012, 9:14 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 16 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
- Mar 18, 2012, 9:14 PM MDT (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 9:19 PM MDT | TORNADO | 6 N Valentine, NE | PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO LIFTING UP AND DROPPING DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 83 |
| Mar 18, 9:20 PM MDT | HAIL 2.75 | 7 N Valentine, NE |
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 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 1047 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
318 WFUS53 KLBF 190314 TORLBF NEC031-190330- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0005.120319T0314Z-120319T0330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1014 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 1010 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VALENTINE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 220 AND HIGHWAY 12 MILE MARKER 10. 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 4284 10056 4285 10068 4299 10076 4299 10035 TIME...MOT...LOC 0314Z 200DEG 44KT 4293 10056 $$ CDC
1 follow-up statement
634 WWUS53 KLBF 190326 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1026 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 NEC031-190337- /O.EXP.KLBF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120319T0330Z/ CHERRY NE- 1026 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4284 10056 4285 10068 4299 10076 4299 10035 TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 200DEG 44KT 4308 10048 $$ CDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 39 min |
| Mar 18, 6:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson | 52 min |
| Mar 18, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes, Lincoln | 52 min |
| Mar 18, 7:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, McPherson | 40 min |
| Mar 18, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Mar 18, 8:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Mar 18, 8:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 32 min |
| Mar 18, 8:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 21 min |
| Mar 18, 8:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 32 min |
| Mar 18, 9:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Logan, Thomas | 40 min |
| Mar 19, 3:19 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith and 1 more | 15 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.