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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS North Platte, NE

February 22, 201817 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this winter storm watch at Feb 22, 2018, 2:50 PM CST for 17 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Feb 23, 2018, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 22, 2018, 2:50 PM CST (20:50 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 23, 2018, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 23, 2018, 3:32 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Blaine County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Custer County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Holt County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 21, 5:33 PM CST, 21 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 5:33 PM CST, 21 hours 17 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 22, 3:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer, Holt, Loup	84 min
Feb 22, 4:49 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield, Holt	86 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.