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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Oct 3, 2016, 8:46 PM CDT for Blaine County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2016, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
County Blaine County, NE
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NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Oct 3, 3:23 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 3:23 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 3, 5:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
519 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2016
NEZ059-032245-
LINCOLN NE-
519 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL
545 PM CDT...
AT 519 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
WALLACE...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF HAYES CENTER...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WALLACE AND DICKENS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4070 10097 4071 10124 4093 10124 4103 10104
4094 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 197DEG 36KT 4075 10113
MASEKLocal storm report, Oct 3, 5:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
541 PM CDT MON OCT 03 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM HAIL ELSIE 40.85N 101.39W
10/03/2016 M0.75 INCH PERKINS NE TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL COMPLETELY COVERING THE ROAD. ALSO ESTIMATED 50 MPH
WIND GUSTS AND MINOR STREET FLOODING.
&&
ETLocal storm report, Oct 3, 5:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 503 PM MDT MON OCT 3 2016 NEZ023-024-094-032345- WESTERN CHERRY NE-HOOKER NE-GRANT NE- 503 PM MDT MON OCT 3 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY...CENTRAL GRANT AND NORTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM MDT... AT 503 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 28 MILES NORTH OF ASHBY TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HYANNIS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HYANNIS...ASHBY...WHITMAN...HIRE...CARR LAKE...PRATT LAKE... INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 61 AND SURVEY VALLEY ROAD... WHITMAN ROAD CROSSING THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE MIDDLE LOUP RIVER... ROUND LAKE...WEIR...DULUTH...DIPPING VAT MEADOW... SPECKEL MEIR LAKE...SWEDE LAKE AND MOTHER LAKE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 171. HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 145 AND 195. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4260 10130 4192 10129 4179 10196 4246 10191 TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 255DEG 26KT 4244 10186 4186 10187 BUTTLER
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Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 39 min |
| Oct 3, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hooker | 42 min |
| Oct 3, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Logan, Thomas | 48 min |
| Oct 3, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | McPherson | 52 min |
| Oct 3, 9:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Blaine, Logan, Thomas | 39 min |
| Oct 3, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Oct 3, 10:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Oct 4, 2:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 11 days |
| Oct 4, 2:08 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | LBF | Arthur, Chase, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant and 6 more | 19 hr |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.