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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Mar 6, 2017, 2:09 PM MST for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 81 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
- Mar 6, 2017, 2:09 PM MST (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2017, 3:30 PM MST
- In force
- 81 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Cherry County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Mar 6, 10:36 AM MST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 10:36 AM MST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service North Platte NE 1136 AM CST Mon Mar 6 2017 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-071745- 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- 1136 AM CST Mon Mar 6 2017 /1036 AM MST Mon Mar 6 2017/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central Nebraska. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. Strong west winds will develop behind an exiting cold front this afternoon. Sustained winds of 30 to 40 MPH with gusts up to 60 MPH are expected and a high wind warning is in effect for all of western and north central Nebraska. Please see the latest weather message for details in your area. Critical fire weather conditions are likely this afternoon for most of western and north central Nebraska. The exception is across portions of north central Nebraska from Valentine to north of O'Neill. Minimum relative humidity of 15 to 20 percent is expected in the critical fire weather area along with strong wind gusts which may approach 50 to 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. Critical to near critical fire weather conditions are possible Tuesday afternoon across portions of western and north central Nebraska. A fire weather watch is in effect Tuesday afternoon for southwestern into central Nebraska. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. && Get your weather, hydrological, and climate information at http://www.weather.gov/northplatte
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 2:09 PM MST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service North Platte NE 309 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017 NEZ004-022>024-035-036-094-062230- Sheridan NE-Hooker NE-Grant NE-Arthur NE-McPherson NE- Western Cherry NE-Garden NE- 309 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ARTHUR...WESTERN CHERRY...GRANT...WESTERN HOOKER...NORTHERN GARDEN...NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON AND SHERIDAN COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CST/330 PM MST/... At 306 PM CST/206 PM MST/, Doppler radar...weather observations and public reports indicate strong winds and snow showers along a line extending from 9 miles west of Merriman to 13 miles east of Crescent Lake Nwr. Movement was east at 30 mph. This area of harsh weather extended west across Sheridan and Garden Counties. Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with these snow showers. Visibility will fall below 1/4 mile at times. Less than 1 inch of snow is expected. Locations impacted include... Gordon, Rushville, Hay Springs, Ellsworth, Hyannis, Cody, Merriman, Kilgore, Nenzel, Crescent Lake Nwr, Medicine Lake, Whitman, White Clay, Ashby, Antioch, Clinton, Dogtown Flats, Billys Lake, Lone Butte and Highway 250 Crossing The Niobrara River. This includes the following highways... Highway 20 between mile markers 77 and 176. Highway 250 between mile markers 1 and 48. Highway 2 between mile markers 98 and 180. Highway 61 between mile markers 125 and 231. Highway 92 between mile markers 165 and 178. LAT...LON 4300 10092 4158 10121 4157 10262 4300 10277 TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 281DEG 25KT 4293 10189 4171 10214 CDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2:32 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Chase, Custer, Frontier, Garfield, Hayes, Holt and 4 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:57 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Chase, Cherry, Custer, Deuel, Frontier and 11 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:13 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Arthur, Cherry, Grant, Hooker, Logan, McPherson and 2 more | 92 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.