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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

May 23, 2018Garfield County, Wheeler County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2018, 4:31 PM CDT for Garfield County, Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 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: May 23, 2018, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2018, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Garfield County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 333 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 176 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 May 23, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 3:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
325 PM CDT Wed May 23 2018

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-242030-
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-
325 PM CDT Wed May 23 2018 /225 PM MDT Wed May 23 2018/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

Scattered thunderstorms will affect western and north central Nebraska
this evening tonight. Some storms will be capable of producing large
hail and strong winds, primarily for portions of the eastern Panhandle
and northwest Nebraska.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

Another round of thunderstorms is possible Thursday afternoon and
evening, mainly east of a line from Broken Bow to Ainsworth. A
few storms may approach severe limits with hail and wind the
primary threats.

Thunderstorm chances increase again Sunday and Monday evenings.
The severe threat is uncertain at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight.

&&

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 4:31 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
431 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2018

NEZ010-028-029-232215-
Wheeler NE-Holt NE-Garfield NE-
431 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GARFIELD...SOUTHEASTERN HOLT AND
WHEELER COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

At 430 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Ord to 8 miles south of Bartlett. Movement
was north at 35 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Burwell, Bartlett, Ericson, Knievels Corner, Cumminsville, Four
Corners, Pibel Lake State Recreation Area, Buffalo Flats, Goose Lake
State Wildlife Management Area, Deverre and Gables.

This includes Highway 281 between mile markers 132 and 159.

LAT...LON 4174 9849 4174 9917 4198 9919 4221 9830
      4206 9830
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 192DEG 29KT 4157 9899 4177 9851

CDC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Loup	46 min
May 23, 12:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Boyd	23 min
May 23, 1:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Rock	30 min
May 23, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield	44 min
May 23, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Boyd	43 min
May 23, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Deuel	52 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Nebraska, 2018 Every special weather statement in 2018

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.