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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

June 27, 2020Hayes County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2020, 7:13 PM CDT for Hayes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 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: Jun 27, 2020, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2020, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE

County Hayes County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 74 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-p

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: 1659 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2362 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.1

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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 Jun 27, 6:25 PM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 6:25 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 2:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
255 PM CDT Sat Jun 27 2020

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-282000-
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-
255 PM CDT Sat Jun 27 2020 /155 PM MDT Sat Jun 27 2020/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms across much
western and north central Nebraska this evening. The hazard is
isolated severe storms capable of large hail and wind damage.

There is also a potential for heavy rainfall across portions of
north central and southwest Nebraska. The area of concern is
generally along and east of a line from Palisade to Paxton to
Mullen, including North Platte and Broken Bow. Slow moving
thunderstorms may produce 1 to 2 inches of rainfall in this area
which could lead to flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

An isolated severe thunderstorm is possible late Sunday afternoon
through early Sunday evening. The area of concern is generally
north of Interstate 80 and along and west of highway 61. The
hazard is large hail and wind damage.

Organized severe thunderstorm activity is expected late Tuesday
across much of western and north central Nebraska. Large hail and
wind damage are the hazards. Check later forecasts as the timing
and magnitude of the severe weather will become more certain.

Isolated, mainly late afternoon or evening thunderstorms are
possible Wednesday through Friday. The risk of severe weather is
low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the
NWS.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:25 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:42 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:13 PM CDT, 0 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
Jun 27, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	30 min
Jun 27, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Boyd	45 min
Jun 27, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	32 min
Jun 27, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Boyd	33 min
Jun 27, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	28 min
Jun 27, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine	32 min
Jun 27, 11:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine	48 min
Jun 28, 12:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Loup	41 min
Jun 28, 1:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine	42 min
Jun 28, 2:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	42 min
Jun 28, 2:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Valley	50 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.