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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2016, 6:21 PM MDT for Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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
- May 28, 2016, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
County Garden County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2216 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
023 WWUS83 KLBF 290021 SPSLBF SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 621 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2016 NEZ022-023-035-290100- GARDEN NE-GRANT NE-ARTHUR NE- 621 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2016 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 621 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CRESCENT LAKE NWR...OR 24 MILES NORTH OF OSHKOSH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CRESCENT LAKE NWR...BRITTON LAKE...DOGTOWN FLATS...DEER LAKE...BOURQUIM HILL...MUMPER...SWEDE LAKE...ADAMS FLATS AND RACKETT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 4166 10259 4184 10255 4190 10182 4140 10193 TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 277DEG 28KT 4175 10247 $$ POWER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Arthur | 42 min |
| May 28, 8:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 48 min |
| May 29, 5:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 28 min |
| May 29, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 29 min |
| May 29, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 31 min |
| May 29, 5:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 34 min |
Nearby
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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.