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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

July 13, 2016Chase County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2016, 2:43 AM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 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
Jul 13, 2016, 2:43 AM MDT (08:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2016, 3:30 AM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

County Chase County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-258 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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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 Jul 12, 11:47 PM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 11:47 PM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 2:35 PM MDT, 12 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
335 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-132045-
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-
335 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016 /235 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AROUND MIDNIGHT MAINLY SOUTH
OF I-80. WHILE STORMS COULD BE STRONG, THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BE SEVERE AT THIS TIME. GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREATS.
ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EAST OF A BRADY TO
AINSWORTH LINE AFTER 4AM. AGAIN, SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED
BUT STORMS COULD BE STRONG.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE EAST BEFORE NOON ON
WEDNESDAY. THERE ARE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THURSDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS UNCERTAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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

KULIK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 11:07 PM MDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1207 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

NEZ035-036-057-059-130545-
KEITH NE-ARTHUR NE-LINCOLN NE-MCPHERSON NE-
1207 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ARTHUR...
NORTHEASTERN KEITH...WESTERN MCPHERSON AND NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN
COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT/1145 PM MDT/...

AT 1206 AM CDT/1106 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEMOYNE...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
OGALLALA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KINGSLEY DAM...BIG BALD HILL...SCHNICK LAKE...BUCKTAIL LAKE...
BUCKTAIL...DIAMOND BAR LAKE AND FLATTS.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 98 AND 99...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
105 AND 114.
 HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 180 AND 201.
 HIGHWAY 97 NEAR MILE MARKER 15.

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 4121 10166 4142 10180 4170 10109 4136 10087
TIME...MOT...LOC 0506Z 245DEG 34KT 4131 10186

JACOBS
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 11:31 PM MDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 11:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFMcPherson38 min
Jul 12, 11:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Keith, McPherson28 min
Jul 12, 11:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeith44 min
Jul 13, 3:14 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBrown46 min
Jul 13, 6:06 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHolt39 min
Jul 13, 6:41 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHolt49 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.