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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2016, 9:31 PM MDT for Grant County, Nebraska. It was in force for 59 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
- Aug 3, 2016, 9:31 PM MDT (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2016, 10:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
County Grant County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 2833 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
The text
As transmitted.
960 WWUS83 KLBF 040331 SPSLBF SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 931 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2016 NEZ004-022>024-094-040430- GARDEN NE-WESTERN CHERRY NE-HOOKER NE-GRANT NE-SHERIDAN NE- 931 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN SHERIDAN...WESTERN CHERRY...NORTHEASTERN GARDEN...GRANT AND WESTERN HOOKER COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM MDT... AT 929 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BATESLAND TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHBY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GORDON...HYANNIS...MERRIMAN...ASHBY...MEDICINE LAKE...WHITMAN... SHELL LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...WATSON LAKE...HIRE... CARR LAKE...ARGO HILL...BINGHAM... INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 61 AND SHADBOLT ROAD...WEIR... HIGHWAY 61 CROSSING THE SNAKE RIVER...BAYONNE...DULUTH... DIPPING VAT MEADOW... IRWIN AND INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 27 AND MILLS ROAD. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 103 AND 157. HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 121 AND 173. HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 141 AND 231. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 4299 10128 4179 10125 4179 10223 4300 10228 TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 269DEG 32KT 4303 10218 4186 10214 $$ POWER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 8:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 8:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 48 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.