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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

June 21, 2017Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2017, 4:00 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 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
Jun 21, 2017, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2017, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

County Custer County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 305 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2017-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2017-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3247 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 Jun 21, 3:36 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 3:36 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 3:19 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
319 PM CDT Wed Jun 21 2017

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-222030-
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-
319 PM CDT Wed Jun 21 2017 /219 PM MDT Wed Jun 21 2017/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and
north central Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible this evening. The area
of concern is generally along and east of a line from Stockville
to Broken Bow to Oneill. Wind damage is the main threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

Thunderstorms are possible Thursday night...generally along and
south of Interstate 80. An isolated severe storm could develop
and produce large hail and wind damage.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this evening east of a line from
east of a line from Stockville to Broken Bow to Oneill.

&&

Get your weather, hydrological, and climate information at
http://www.weather.gov/northplatte

power

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:00 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
400 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2017

NEZ038-212145-
Custer NE-
400 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN LINCOLN AND SOUTHWESTERN
CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

At 400 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles west of Callaway, or 26 miles southeast of Stapleton, moving
east at 15 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Oconto, Etna, Lodi and Pressey State Wildlife Management Area.

LAT...LON 4106 10024 4124 10023 4132 10017 4120 9966
      4105 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 286DEG 13KT 4123 10011

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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.