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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

August 26, 2017Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2017, 4:45 PM MDT for Sheridan 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

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The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2017, 4:45 PM MDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2017, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

County Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2017-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 69 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2017-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
69 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-227 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2080 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 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 Aug 26, 2:42 PM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 2:42 PM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 1:43 PM MDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
243 PM CDT Sat Aug 26 2017

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-271945-
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-
243 PM CDT Sat Aug 26 2017 /143 PM MDT Sat Aug 26 2017/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A slight risk for severe storms is forecast for areas west of a
line from Valentine through Broken Bow and north of Interstate 80.
there is a marginal risk of severe weather over the remainder of
western and north central Nebraska. Timing favors the evening
hours. A few storms could be severe. The hazards are large hail,
wind damage and locally heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

Afternoon and evening thunderstorms are possible Wednesday through
Saturday. At this time widespread severe weather is not
anticipated.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed late this afternoon and evening
over the western Nebraska Sandhills.

&&

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

power

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:45 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
445 PM MDT SAT AUG 26 2017

NEZ004-262330-
Sheridan NE-
445 PM MDT SAT AUG 26 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY
UNTIL 530 PM MDT...

At 444 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles north of Wild Horse Butte, or 16 miles south of Hay Springs,
moving east at 15 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Diamond Lake and Smith Lake State Wildlife Management Area.

This includes Highway 250 between mile markers 16 and 35.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
the Panhandle of Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4253 10236 4226 10242 4234 10275 4244 10275
      4244 10277 4254 10278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 279DEG 15KT 4245 10277

Power

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 6:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Keya Paha44 min
Aug 25, 6:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFChase47 min
Aug 25, 6:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeya Paha50 min
Aug 25, 6:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFMcPherson50 min
Aug 25, 6:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeya Paha48 min
Aug 25, 6:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFKeya Paha3 hr
Aug 25, 7:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBoyd49 min
Aug 25, 7:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBrown, McPherson, Thomas50 min
Aug 25, 8:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBoyd, Rock42 min
Aug 25, 8:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBrown35 min
Aug 25, 8:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFThomas32 min
Aug 25, 8:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHolt, Rock43 min
Aug 26, 5:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGrant44 min
Aug 26, 5:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFArthur, Grant38 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.