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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

September 2, 2019Brown County, Keya Paha County, Rock County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Sep 2, 2019, 1:07 AM CDT for Brown County, Keya Paha County, Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 53 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
Sep 2, 2019, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2019, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Brown County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Rock County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2019-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2722 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2019-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
2722 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1217 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
7.7

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The text

As transmitted.

423 
WWUS83 KLBF 020607
SPSLBF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
107 AM CDT Mon Sep 2 2019
 
NEZ005-006-008-009-020700-
Brown NE-Eastern Cherry NE-Rock NE-Keya Paha NE-
107 AM CDT Mon Sep 2 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CHERRY...ROCK...
BROWN AND KEYA PAHA COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

At 105 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles south of Valentine to near Ainsworth to
10 miles north of Rose. Movement was east at 30 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Valentine, Ainsworth, Bassett, Springview, Long Pine, Newport,
Johnstown, Rose, Norden, Wood Lake, Hofeld Lake, Raven, Bobcat State
Wildlife Management Area, Twin Lakes State Wildlife Management Area,
Thomas Creek State Wildlife Management Area, Duff, Mariaville, Smith
Falls State Park, Pine Glen State Wildlife Refuge and Antelope Peak.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 183 between mile markers 154 and 129.
 Highway 20 between mile markers 190 and 273.
 Highway 97 between mile markers 132 and 141.
 Highway 83 between mile markers 199 and 215.
 Highway 12 between mile markers 1 and 4, and between mile markers 24
and 56.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 4291 9926 4209 9924 4224 9983 4290 10086
TIME...MOT...LOC 0605Z 270DEG 25KT 4278 10050 4259 9987 4231 9948 

$$

Kulik

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 2:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFRock58 min
Sep 2, 3:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarfield47 min
Sep 2, 4:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHolt32 min
Sep 2, 4:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Wheeler45 min
Sep 2, 4:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFWheeler40 min
Sep 2, 4:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry, Keya Paha19 min
Sep 2, 6:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFWheeler51 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.