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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2015, 6:50 PM CDT for Logan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 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
- Aug 9, 2015, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
County Logan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 923 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1356 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 9, 6:26 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 6:26 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 3:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 356 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-102100- SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN- GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- 356 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015 /256 PM MDT SUN AUG 9 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...WITH SOME OF THE STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL AND POSSIBLY SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. A SEVERE STORM OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. && GET YOUR WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE) TAYLOR
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 9, 5:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
530 PM CDT SUN AUG 09 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0518 PM HAIL 11 NW BARTLETT 42.00N 98.70W
08/09/2015 E1.00 INCH WHEELER NE PUBLIC
&&
SBAKERSpecial weather statement, Aug 9, 5:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 531 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015 NEZ010-092315- HOLT NE- 531 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 531 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHAMBERS...OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF O'NEILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KNIEVELS CORNER...GOOSE LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...EWING AND CHAMBERS. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 326 AND 328. HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS AND . A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4210 9874 4221 9874 4235 9831 4210 9830 TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 245DEG 24KT 4216 9865 CDC
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 6:02 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 602 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015 NEZ010-028-029-092300- HOLT NE-GARFIELD NE-WHEELER NE- 602 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOLT...GARFIELD AND WHEELER COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 600 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALAMUS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA TO 8 MILES EAST OF BARTLETT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORM WERE 15 MILES NORTH OF BURWELL AND 3 MILES NORTH OF BARTLETT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GABLES...SUNFISH LAKE...ERICSON...DEVERRE...EWING...FOUR CORNERS... KNIEVELS CORNER...GOOSE LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA... CUMMINSVILLE...BARTLETT...BUFFALO FLATS...PIBEL LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA AND CHAMBERS. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 320 AND 328. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4243 9830 4174 9831 4182 9920 4197 9920 TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 294DEG 21KT 4196 9908 4192 9840 CDC
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 6:06 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 606 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015 NEZ010-028-029-100000- HOLT NE-GARFIELD NE-WHEELER NE- 606 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOLT...GARFIELD AND WHEELER COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 606 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALAMUS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA TO 8 MILES EAST OF BARTLETT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE 15 MILES NORTH OF BURWELL AND 3 MILES NORTH OF BARTLETT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GABLES...SUNFISH LAKE...ERICSON...DEVERRE...EWING...FOUR CORNERS... KNIEVELS CORNER...GOOSE LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA... CUMMINSVILLE...BARTLETT...BUFFALO FLATS...PIBEL LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA AND CHAMBERS. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 320 AND 328. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4243 9830 4174 9831 4182 9920 4197 9920 TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 294DEG 21KT 4196 9908 4192 9840 CDC
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 6:12 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 612 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015 NEZ005-024>026-037-100000- THOMAS NE-BLAINE NE-LOGAN NE-HOOKER NE-EASTERN CHERRY NE- 612 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HOOKER...SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY...THOMAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOGAN AND NORTHWESTERN BLAINE COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT/600 PM MDT/... AT 611 PM CDT /511 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THEDFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NATWICK...PURDUM...HIGHWAY 83 CROSSING THE DISMAL RIVER...NORWAY... THEDFORD AND HALSEY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 198 AND 227. HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 157. LAT...LON 4194 10087 4212 10072 4207 10015 4166 10046 TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 301DEG 26KT 4197 10066 SNIVELY/BUTTLER
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 6:50 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 650 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015 NEZ025-026-037-038-100030- THOMAS NE-BLAINE NE-LOGAN NE-CUSTER NE- 650 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CUSTER... SOUTHEASTERN THOMAS...NORTHEASTERN LOGAN AND SOUTHWESTERN BLAINE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 649 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HALSEY...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THEDFORD... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DUNNING...LINSCOTT AND HIGHWAY 83 CROSSING THE DISMAL RIVER. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 237 AND 251. HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 130 AND 135. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4176 9987 4147 10018 4177 10057 4193 10041 TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 304DEG 29KT 4178 10041 SNIVELY/COLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Holt | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Garfield | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hooker | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Wheeler | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | |
| Aug 9, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | 54 min |
| Aug 9, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Thomas | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.