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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

August 1, 2017Keith County, Lincoln County, Perkins County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2017, 6:07 PM MDT for Keith County, Lincoln County, Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 53 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
Aug 1, 2017, 6:07 PM MDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2017, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 00:00Z on 2017-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1023 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2017-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1023 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2169 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

358 
WWUS83 KLBF 020007
SPSLBF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
707 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2017
 
NEZ057>059-020100-
Perkins NE-Lincoln NE-Keith NE-
707 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN PERKINS...EASTERN KEITH
AND NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT/700 PM MDT/...

At 707 PM CDT/607 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near North Platte to near
Keystone to near Ogallala. Movement was southeast at 20 mph.

Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with these storms.
Some storms contain locally heavy rainfall with two inches of 
rainfall in an one hour or less.

Locations impacted include...
North Platte, Ogallala, Sutherland, Hershey, Paxton, Madrid, Sarben,
Keystone, Sutherland Reservoir State Recreation Area, Lake Maloney
State Recreation Area, North Platte Airport, Roscoe, Kingsley Dam,
Coker, O'Fallons, Nevens, Broganville, Big Bald Hill, Wild Horse
Spring and Birdwood.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 61 between mile markers 61 and 64, and between mile markers
71 and 99.
 Highway 97 between mile markers 1 and 6.
 Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 120 and 183.
 Highway 83 between mile markers 65 and 94.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

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 4126 10065 4087 10066 4088 10135 4076 10165
      4111 10187 4131 10161
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 336DEG 19KT 4119 10083 4120 10154 4109 10176 

$$

CDC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 6:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker, Thomas27 min
Aug 1, 6:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLogan, Thomas50 min
Aug 1, 7:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFChase, Hayes, Lincoln44 min
Aug 1, 7:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFChase, Hayes, Lincoln40 min
Aug 1, 7:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFLincoln, Logan3 hr
Aug 1, 7:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLincoln53 min
Aug 1, 7:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier50 min
Aug 1, 8:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster50 min
Aug 1, 8:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier52 min
Aug 1, 9:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier37 min
Aug 2, 3:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHooker51 min
Aug 2, 3:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFArthur47 min
Aug 2, 3:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan43 min
Aug 2, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson64 min
Aug 2, 4:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry58 min
Aug 2, 4:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFThomas51 min
Aug 2, 4:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln38 min
Aug 2, 4:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Grant, Hooker61 min
Aug 2, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln, Perkins62 min
Aug 2, 5:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLogan44 min
Aug 2, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Lincoln, Logan33 min
Aug 2, 5:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Grant, McPherson51 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.