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Tornado Warning 8, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 4:28 PM CDT for Logan County, McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 min. 5 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
- Apr 14, 2012, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 4:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 8 Sw Stapleton, NE | |
| Apr 14, 4:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 W Stapleton, NE | |
| Apr 14, 4:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Stapleton, NE | |
| Apr 14, 4:46 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Stapleton, NE | |
| Apr 14, 4:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 W Stapleton, NE | 2 TO 3 INCHES OF HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. |
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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 1610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
571 WFUS53 KLBF 142128 TORLBF NEC113-117-142200- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0008.120414T2128Z-120414T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 428 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... EASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 423 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RINGGOLD...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STAPLETON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... STAPLETON AROUND 435 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 120. 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 4140 10088 4174 10080 4173 10027 4139 10053 TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 207DEG 32KT 4144 10065 $$ STOPPKOTTE
2 follow-up statements
914 WWUS53 KLBF 142141 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 441 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 NEC113-117-142200- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120414T2200Z/ LOGAN NE-MCPHERSON NE- 441 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MCPHERSON AND LOGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF STAPLETON...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MCPHERSON AND LOGAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 120. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4140 10088 4174 10080 4173 10027 4139 10053 TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 201DEG 22KT 4148 10061 $$ STOPPKOTTE
375 WWUS53 KLBF 142153 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 453 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 NEC113-117-142200- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120414T2200Z/ LOGAN NE-MCPHERSON NE- 453 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MCPHERSON AND LOGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STAPLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MCPHERSON AND MUCH OF LOGAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 120. 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 4140 10088 4174 10080 4173 10027 4139 10053 TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 227DEG 22KT 4153 10053 $$ STOPPKOTTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 11:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 54 min |
| Apr 14, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Wheeler | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 3:14 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, Thomas | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 22 min |
| Apr 14, 5:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Logan | 4 hr |
| Apr 14, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 5:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 16 min |
| Apr 14, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Loup | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 6:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 4 hr |
| Apr 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 65 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.