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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2017, 5:51 PM CDT for Hayes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 54 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
- Jul 6, 2017, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2017, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
County Hayes County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 587 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -377 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jul 6, 5:08 PM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 5:08 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
418 PM CDT THU JUL 6 2017
NEZ058-069-070-062200-
Chase NE-Hayes NE-Perkins NE-
418 PM CDT THU JUL 6 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PERKINS...
NORTHEASTERN CHASE...SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND CENTRAL HAYES COUNTIES
UNTIL 500 PM CDT/400 PM MDT/...
At 417 PM CDT/317 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm near Grant, moving east at 20 mph.
Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Grant, Hayes Center and Hayes Center State Wildlife Management Area.
This includes Highway 61 between mile markers 48 and 68.
LAT...LON 4072 10189 4088 10178 4057 10084 4035 10098
4035 10103
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 277DEG 17KT 4081 10177
TaylorSpecial weather statement, Jul 6, 4:56 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
456 PM CDT THU JUL 6 2017
NEZ058-059-069-070-062245-
Chase NE-Hayes NE-Perkins NE-Lincoln NE-
456 PM CDT THU JUL 6 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN PERKINS...CHASE...
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHWESTERN HAYES COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM
CDT/445 PM MDT/...
At 455 PM CDT/355 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Elsie to 6 miles
northwest of Imperial to 10 miles south of Pleasant Valley. Movement
was southeast at 20 mph.
Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Imperial, Wauneta, Madrid, Elsie, Lamar, Enders, Enders Reservoir
State Recreation Area, Champion, Crete, Chase, Grainton, Center Dam
Campground, Wanamaker State Wildfire Management Area, Area A
Campground and Church Grove Campground.
This includes Highway 61 between mile markers 25 and 61.
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.
If on or near Enders Reservoir, get out of the water and move
indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to
10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you
are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter
now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
&&
LAT...LON 4067 10205 4074 10177 4099 10135 4062 10094
4035 10139 4035 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 334DEG 17KT 4082 10134 4060 10169 4046 10212
ButtlerSpecial weather statement, Jul 6, 5:51 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
551 PM CDT THU JUL 6 2017
NEZ069>071-062345-
Chase NE-Frontier NE-Hayes NE-
551 PM CDT THU JUL 6 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN FRONTIER...SOUTHERN
CHASE...AND HAYES COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT/545 PM MDT/...
At 548 PM CDT/448 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 11 miles south of Wellfleet
to near Palisade to 15 miles south of Lamar. Movement was south at 20
mph.
Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms. 1/4 to 3/4 of an inch of rainfall is expected with the
thunderstorms but lightning is occurring ahead of the rain and this
will spark grass fires.
Locations impacted include...
Imperial, Hayes Center, Wauneta, Enders, Enders Reservoir State
Recreation Area, Champion, Crete, Hamlet, Quick, Center Dam
Campground, Willow View Campground, Hayes Center State Wildlife
Management Area, Marengo, Area A Campground, Bluegill Haven
Campground, Red Willow Reservoir State Recreation Area and Church
Grove Campground.
This includes Highway 61 between mile markers 25 and 42.
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 4035 10205 4039 10205 4070 10118 4070 10103
4062 10080 4036 10057
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 337DEG 17KT 4059 10078 4040 10119 4035 10202
CDCThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 39 min |
| Jul 5, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Boyd, Keya Paha | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 11:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Boyd, Keya Paha, Rock | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 12:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Holt | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 12:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Wheeler | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Garfield | 57 min |
| Jul 6, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hayes | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Chase | 49 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.