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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

August 1, 2017Chase County, Hayes County, Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2017, 7:05 PM MDT for Chase County, Hayes County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 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, 7:05 PM MDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2017, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Chase County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 42 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.

552 
WWUS83 KLBF 020105
SPSLBF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
805 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2017
 
NEZ038-058-059-069>071-020145-
Chase NE-Custer NE-Frontier NE-Hayes NE-Perkins NE-Lincoln NE-
805 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN FRONTIER...
SOUTHEASTERN PERKINS...EASTERN CHASE...LINCOLN...SOUTHWESTERN CUSTER
AND HAYES COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT/745 PM MDT/...

At 800 PM CDT/700 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 10 miles northeast of Brady
to near North Platte to 6 miles north of Enders. Movement was east at
45 mph.

Winds in excess of 50 mph will be possible with these storms. Some 
storms are capable of locally heavy rainfall producing one inch of 
rainfall in less than an hour.

Locations impacted include...
North Platte, Imperial, Curtis, Hayes Center, Wauneta, Brady,
Wallace, Maxwell, Wellfleet, Dickens, Lake Maloney State Recreation
Area, Enders Reservoir State Recreation Area, Enders, Champion, North
Platte Airport, Keith, Crete, Maywood, Hamlet and Cottonwood Canyon
State Wildlife Management Area.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 61 between mile markers 28 and 48.
 Highway 97 between mile markers 1 and 6.
 Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 165 and 207.
 Highway 83 between mile markers 37 and 93.

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 4043 10188 4126 10084 4123 9983 4104 10004
      4104 10023 4087 10023 4035 10081 4035 10119
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 275DEG 38KT 4112 10022 4121 10077 4053 10151 

$$

CDC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 6:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeith, Lincoln, Perkins53 min
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, 7:20 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.