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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Apr 26, 2016, 6:27 AM CDT for Logan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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
- Apr 26, 2016, 6:27 AM CDT (11:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2016, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
County Logan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:30 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 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 2237 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Apr 26, 6:23 AM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 6:23 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 433 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-270945- 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- 433 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 /333 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE...ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE AREA OF CONCERN FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS FROM OGALLALA TO THEDFORD TO AINSWORTH WITH THE RISK INCREASING SOUTH AND EAST. IF WARM AIR WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S CAN REACH INTO FRONTIER COUNTY...EASTERN LINCOLN AND CUSTER COUNTIES THEN THE RISK OF TORNADOES WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY FROM IMPERIAL TO AINSWORTH INCLUDING AREAS EAST. THIS RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS LOW. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY GENERALLY FROM IMPERIAL TO AINSWORTH INCLUDING AREAS EAST. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS UNCERTAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY AND THIS EVENING. && GET YOUR WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE)
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 3:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 257 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 NEZ058-069-260945- CHASE NE-PERKINS NE- 257 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHASE AND SOUTHWESTERN PERKINS COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM MDT... AT 257 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR PLEASANT VALLEY TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAMPION...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... IMPERIAL...GRANT...VENANGO...LAMAR...CHAMPION...CRETE...CHASE...BRANDON... WILD HORSE SPRING AND WANAMAKER STATE WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT AREA. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 73. THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4094 10159 4035 10162 4035 10205 4090 10205 TIME...MOT...LOC 0857Z 212DEG 26KT 4060 10207 4046 10194 4032 10198 CDC
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 4:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 339 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 NEZ058-069-261030- CHASE NE-PERKINS NE- 339 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHASE AND SOUTHEASTERN PERKINS COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM MDT... AT 339 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTH OF GRANT TO NEAR IMPERIAL TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPION...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... IMPERIAL...WAUNETA...CHAMPION...ENDERS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA... ENDERS...CHASE...CHURCH GROVE CAMPGROUND...CENTER DAM CAMPGROUND...AREA A CAMPGROUND AND WANAMAKER STATE WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT AREA. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 59. THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4083 10136 4037 10138 4035 10179 4074 10190 TIME...MOT...LOC 0939Z 236DEG 20KT 4067 10176 4055 10167 4037 10169 CDC
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 513 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 NEZ058-059-069-070-261100- CHASE NE-LINCOLN NE-HAYES NE-PERKINS NE- 513 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN HAYES...NORTHEASTERN CHASE...SOUTHEASTERN PERKINS AND SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM CDT/500 AM MDT/... AT 512 AM CDT/412 AM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MADRID TO 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF ENDERS TO WAUNETA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HAYES CENTER...WAUNETA...WALLACE...ELSIE AND GRAINTON. THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4104 10104 4041 10093 4041 10145 4080 10156 TIME...MOT...LOC 1012Z 252DEG 23KT 4082 10150 4062 10138 4042 10137 CDC
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:49 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
549 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
NEZ059-261130-
LINCOLN NE-
549 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KEITH...NORTHEASTERN
PERKINS AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM CDT...
AT 548 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF PAXTON TO
7 MILES SOUTH OF DICKENS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTH PLATTE...SUTHERLAND...HERSHEY...LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION
AREA...SUTHERLAND RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...DICKENS...SOMERSET...
O'FALLONS AND BIRDWOOD.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 158 AND 176.
HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 80.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 4095 10126 4102 10125 4131 10098 4084 10049
4070 10098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1048Z 228DEG 30KT 4099 10128 4071 10098
CDCLocal storm report, Apr 26, 6:11 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Deuel | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 3:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Chase | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 3:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 4:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Chase | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 5:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hayes | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 5:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 6:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Logan, Thomas | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 7:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 40 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.