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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 234, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2019, 3:11 AM CDT for Blaine County, Custer County, Thomas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2019, 3:11 AM CDT (08:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2019, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Blaine County, NE, Custer County, NE, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 992 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1024 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 26, 12:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 12:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service North Platte NE 1039 PM CDT Sun Aug 25 2019 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-270345- 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- 1039 PM CDT Sun Aug 25 2019 /939 PM MDT Sun Aug 25 2019/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central Nebraska. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected to move southeast from South Dakota across portions of the Sandhills and north central Nebraska overnight. A few storms may be severe with large hail and damaging wind gusts as the main concerns. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. Thunderstorm chances return to the area during the day Friday. The threat for severe weather is uncertain at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. && Get your weather, hydrological, and climate information at http://www.weather.gov/northplatte Gomez
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 2:17 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service North Platte NE 251 AM CDT Mon Aug 26 2019 NEZ025-026-260830- Thomas NE-Blaine NE- 251 AM CDT Mon Aug 26 2019 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLAINE AND EASTERN THOMAS COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM CDT... At 250 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Thedford, moving east at 40 mph. Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Brewster, Dunning, Halsey, Milburn Diversion Dam State Wildlife Management Area, Hawley Flats and Natwick. This includes the following highways... Highway 2 between mile markers 213 and 241. Highway 83 between mile markers 137 and 153. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. && A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for north central Nebraska. LAT...LON 4182 10056 4204 10057 4206 9973 4175 9974 TIME...MOT...LOC 0750Z 272DEG 37KT 4195 10048 CDC
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 2:53 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service North Platte NE 153 AM MDT Mon Aug 26 2019 NEZ024-094-260830- Hooker NE-Western Cherry NE- 153 AM MDT Mon Aug 26 2019 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CHERRY AND NORTH CENTRAL HOOKER COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM MDT... At 152 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles west of Medicine Lake to 23 miles north of Ashby. Movement was southeast at 40 mph. Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms. Locations impacted include... Medicine Lake, Speckel Meir Lake, Round Lake, Hire, Indian Hill, Whitman Road crossing the North Branch of the Middle Loup River, Sevenmile Hill and Survey Valley Road. This includes the following highways... Highway 2 between mile markers 172 and 176. Highway 61 between mile markers 176 and 207. Highway 97 between mile markers 87 and 100. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. && A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 AM MDT for north central and west central Nebraska. LAT...LON 4252 10090 4200 10122 4231 10191 4282 10164 TIME...MOT...LOC 0752Z 304DEG 35KT 4273 10162 4235 10182 CDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 57 min |
| Aug 25, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 66 min |
| Aug 26, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Hooker, McPherson, Thomas | 67 min |
| Aug 26, 1:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Logan, Thomas | 61 min |
| Aug 26, 2:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 43 min |
| Aug 26, 2:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keya Paha | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Loup | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 2:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 49 min |
| Aug 26, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Blaine, Thomas | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 2:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 3:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Thomas | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 3:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hooker | 43 min |
| Aug 26, 3:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Loup | 61 min |
| Aug 26, 4:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Logan | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 4:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Custer | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 4:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Loup | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 5:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sherman | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 10:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Loup | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 1:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Loup | 5 hr |
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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.