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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE
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
The outline as issued.
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 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
PowerThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 6:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Keya Paha | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 6:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Chase | 47 min |
| Aug 25, 6:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keya Paha | 50 min |
| Aug 25, 6:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | McPherson | 50 min |
| Aug 25, 6:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keya Paha | 48 min |
| Aug 25, 6:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Keya Paha | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 7:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Boyd | 49 min |
| Aug 25, 7:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown, McPherson, Thomas | 50 min |
| Aug 25, 8:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Boyd, Rock | 42 min |
| Aug 25, 8:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown | 35 min |
| Aug 25, 8:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Thomas | 32 min |
| Aug 25, 8:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Holt, Rock | 43 min |
| Aug 26, 5:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Grant | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 5:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Arthur, Grant | 38 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.