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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2016, 2:42 AM MDT for Garden 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
- Jul 15, 2016, 2:42 AM MDT (08:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2016, 3:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
County Garden County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 147 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 142 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 14, 10:56 PM MDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 10:56 PM MDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 2:48 PM MDT, 11 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 348 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-152100- 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- 348 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 /248 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTH AND WEST AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE ARRIVES FROM THE NORTH RESULTING IN ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTH. AT THIS TIME...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE ARE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE WEST AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED 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 15, 1:31 AM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
131 AM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016
NEZ094-150815-
WESTERN CHERRY NE-
131 AM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL
215 AM MDT...
AT 131 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTHERN LACREEK WILDLIFE REFUGE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARTIN...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CODY...MERRIMAN...NENZEL...MEDICINE LAKE...CODY LAKE AND ELI.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 171.
HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 227 AND 231.
LAT...LON 4300 10114 4285 10090 4284 10090 4283 10091
4260 10154 4300 10173
TIME...MOT...LOC 0731Z 319DEG 31KT 4306 10159
BUTTLERSpecial weather statement, Jul 15, 2:17 AM MDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 317 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016 NEZ005-094-150900- EASTERN CHERRY NE-WESTERN CHERRY NE- 317 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 400 AM CDT/300 AM MDT/... AT 317 AM CDT/217 AM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF CODY...OR 34 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARTIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NENZEL...MERRITT RESERVOIR...STEER CREEK CAMPGROUND... SCHOOLHOUSE LAKE...SCHLAGEL CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA... ANDERSON BRIDGE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND BIG ALKALI LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 161 AND 169. HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 95 AND 131. HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 198 AND 201. 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 4278 10143 4297 10119 4271 10049 4233 10090 TIME...MOT...LOC 0817Z 305DEG 27KT 4283 10123 BUTTLER
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:42 AM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 242 AM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016 NEZ022-035-057-150930- GARDEN NE-KEITH NE-ARTHUR NE- 242 AM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARTHUR... SOUTHEASTERN GARDEN AND NORTHWESTERN KEITH COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM MDT... AT 241 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF OSHKOSH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OSHKOSH...LEWELLEN...BLUEWATER BATTLEFIELD STATE HISTORICAL PARK... DOGTOWN FLATS...CLEAR CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA... RUTHON AND ASH HOLLOW STATE HISTORICAL PARK. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115 AND 123. 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 4147 10246 4164 10237 4161 10186 4124 10200 TIME...MOT...LOC 0841Z 291DEG 27KT 4153 10232 BUTTLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 1:31 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 2:17 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 43 min |
| Jul 15, 2:47 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Garden | 43 min |
| Jul 15, 3:05 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 40 min |
| Jul 15, 3:32 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keith | 43 min |
| Jul 15, 3:50 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 40 min |
| Jul 15, 4:00 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Grant | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 4:19 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 4:51 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Grant | 39 min |
| Jul 15, 5:17 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown, Rock, Thomas | 43 min |
| Jul 15, 5:40 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 6:00 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hooker | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 7:48 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hooker | 42 min |
| Jul 15, 8:30 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | McPherson | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 8:35 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 25 min |
| Jul 15, 8:59 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Logan | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 9:06 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Frontier | 24 min |
| Jul 15, 9:32 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Jul 15, 10:11 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Dawson | 49 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.