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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

June 27, 2016Chase County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2016, 6:36 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 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
Jun 27, 2016, 6:36 PM MDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

County Chase County, NE

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 124 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 533 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
533 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3214 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 27, 5:50 PM MDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 5:50 PM MDT, 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 2:34 PM MDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
334 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-282045-
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-
334 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016 /234 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA AS A FRONT STALLS ACROSS THE REGION. THE FRONT WILL
BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EACH DAY.

THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A VALENTINE TO
BROKEN BOW LINE TUESDAY EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MID TO LATE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

GET YOUR WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE)

TAYLOR

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
630 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     HAIL             2 S VENANGO             40.73N 102.04W
06/27/2016  M1.50 INCH       PERKINS            NE   PUBLIC

            GROUND IS COVERED IN PING PONG SIZE HAIL. SKYLIGHT IN THE
            RESIDENTS HOUSE WAS KNOCKED OUT. WHEAT FIELDS HAVE BEEN
            SEVERELY...IF NOT COMPLETELY WIPED OUT.

0615 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 S VENANGO             40.73N 102.04W
06/27/2016  E60 MPH          PERKINS            NE   PUBLIC

            IN ADDITION TO ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS...WIND DRIVEN PING
            PONG SIZE HAIL.

&&

MOLDAN
Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:57 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:34 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:36 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
636 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016

NEZ069-280100-
CHASE NE-
636 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHASE COUNTY UNTIL
700 PM MDT...

AT 636 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR...OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN CHASE
COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4035 10205 4048 10205 4039 10177 4035 10177
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 299DEG 23KT 4039 10196

SNIVELY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 6:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFChase26 min
Jun 27, 8:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan28 min
Jun 27, 8:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan31 min
Jun 27, 10:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarden61 min
Jun 27, 11:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFDeuel47 min
Jun 28, 7:03 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry42 min
Jun 28, 7:42 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningLBFGarden, Keith52 hr
Jun 28, 7:45 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry45 min
Jun 28, 8:59 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHooker46 min
Jun 28, 9:47 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFThomas43 min
Jun 28, 9:57 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBrown48 min
Jun 28, 4:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan50 min
Jun 28, 4:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry46 min
Jun 28, 4:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan46 min
Jun 28, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan47 min
Jun 28, 5:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan40 min
Jun 28, 5:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry24 min
Jun 28, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan33 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.