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Dense Fog Advisory 13, NWS North Platte, NE

August 13, 20177 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this dense fog advisory at Aug 13, 2017, 6:09 AM MDT for 7 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2017, 6:09 AM MDT (12:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2017, 8:41 AM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Chase County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:07 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 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 12:00Z on 2017-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 439 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 12:00Z on 2017-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
439 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-191 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this dense fog advisory 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 dense fog advisory went out at Aug 13, 5:23 AM MDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 5:23 AM MDT, 46 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 13, 12:20 AM MDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 6:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown45 min
Aug 12, 6:05 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCuster25 min
Aug 12, 6:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLoup, Rock31 min
Aug 12, 6:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeith, Lincoln52 min
Aug 12, 6:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster50 min
Aug 12, 6:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Brown50 min
Aug 12, 6:44 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFPerkins17 min
Aug 12, 6:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHayes53 min
Aug 12, 7:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster39 min
Aug 12, 7:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln52 min
Aug 12, 7:13 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFLincoln2 hr
Aug 12, 7:15 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFCuster2 hr
Aug 12, 7:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLoup42 min
Aug 12, 7:23 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningLBFHayes6 hr
Aug 12, 7:30 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFCuster2 hr
Aug 12, 7:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFCuster113 min
Aug 12, 7:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster49 min
Aug 12, 7:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLoup40 min
Aug 12, 7:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLincoln52 min
Aug 12, 8:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster39 min
Aug 12, 8:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer, Loup41 min
Aug 12, 8:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningLBFCuster6 hr
Aug 13, 3:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBlaine43 min
Aug 13, 3:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer42 min
Aug 13, 3:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLogan38 min
Aug 13, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster49 min
Aug 13, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Loup47 min
Aug 13, 4:02 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningLBFCuster6 hr
Aug 13, 4:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFPerkins47 min
Aug 13, 4:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLogan38 min
Aug 13, 4:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLoup50 min
Aug 13, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster47 min
Aug 13, 4:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLoup49 min
Aug 13, 5:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLogan43 min
Aug 13, 5:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster52 min
Aug 13, 5:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLoup49 min
Aug 13, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster45 min
Aug 13, 5:32 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningLBFCuster8 hr
Aug 13, 5:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster51 min
Aug 13, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Loup46 min
Aug 13, 5:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBoyd41 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.