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Fire Weather Watch 3, NWS North Platte, NE

August 17, 201615 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this fire weather watch at Aug 17, 2016, 3:24 PM CDT for 15 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Aug 18, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 17, 2016, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 18, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 18, 2016, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Aug 17, 1:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 1:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 16, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Antelope	40 min
Aug 16, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Wheeler	52 min
Aug 16, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Wheeler	44 min
Aug 16, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield, Wheeler	42 min
Aug 16, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield	43 min
Aug 16, 10:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	43 min
Aug 16, 10:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Wheeler	38 min
Aug 16, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	47 min
Aug 16, 11:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	47 min
Aug 17, 12:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine	40 min
Aug 17, 1:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine	48 min
Aug 17, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Perkins	47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.