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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

July 20, 2020Loup County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2020, 2:01 AM CDT for Loup 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: Jul 20, 2020, 2:01 AM CDT (07:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2020, 2:45 AM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE

County Loup County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:05 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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: 817 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 7.5

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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 Jul 20, 12:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 12:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 11:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1151 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2020

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-210500-
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-
1151 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2020 /1051 PM MDT Sun Jul 19 2020/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorm will continue tonight, some
storms may be strong to severe with hail, gusty winds and heavy
rainfall being the main hazards. Localized minor flooding is
possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

Thunderstorms are possible Monday through Thursday. There is a
risk for a few severe thunderstorms Monday, especially across
northwest Nebraska. Later outlooks will evaluate the threat for
severe storms the remainder of the week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter are encouraged to relay any severe weather report to the
National Weather Service in North Platte.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 12:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 1:33 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 1:34 AM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 2:01 AM 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
Jul 19, 7:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	52 min
Jul 19, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith	50 min
Jul 19, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas	52 min
Jul 19, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Perkins	43 min
Jul 19, 7:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	52 min
Jul 19, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel, Garden, Keith	46 min
Jul 19, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	McPherson	33 min
Jul 19, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keya Paha	41 min
Jul 19, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase	45 min
Jul 19, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	41 min
Jul 19, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln, McPherson	40 min
Jul 19, 8:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Garden, Keith	3 hr
Jul 19, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Boyd, Rock	45 min
Jul 19, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	33 min
Jul 19, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	31 min
Jul 19, 9:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	35 min
Jul 19, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	46 min
Jul 19, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	31 min
Jul 19, 10:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	32 min
Jul 19, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	44 min
Jul 19, 10:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Grant	52 min
Jul 19, 11:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown	49 min
Jul 19, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	30 min
Jul 19, 11:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hooker	36 min
Jul 19, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Hooker, Thomas	41 min
Jul 20, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas	51 min
Jul 20, 12:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown	29 min
Jul 20, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Loup	43 min
Jul 20, 12:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keya Paha	48 min
Jul 20, 1:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield	42 min
Jul 20, 1:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Rock	41 min
Jul 20, 2:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Wheeler	28 min
Jul 20, 2:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Holt, Rock	3 hr
Jul 20, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith	43 min
Jul 20, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	29 min
Jul 20, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	33 min
Jul 20, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Arthur	31 min
Jul 20, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson	40 min
Jul 20, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln	48 min
Jul 20, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur	43 min
Jul 20, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hooker, McPherson	31 min
Jul 20, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson	41 min
Jul 20, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hooker	50 min
Jul 20, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln	46 min
Jul 20, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Keith	44 min
Jul 20, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Keith	28 min
Jul 20, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Hooker, Thomas	41 min
Jul 20, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Garden, Keith, McPherson	45 min
Jul 20, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln	39 min
Jul 20, 6:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Keith, Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 20, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Hooker, Thomas	25 min
Jul 20, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln, Perkins	48 min
Jul 20, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	43 min
Jul 20, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	42 min
Jul 20, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	40 min
Jul 20, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln	51 min
Jul 20, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Grant	35 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.