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Areal Flood Advisory 3, NWS North Platte, NE

May 16, 2021Cherry County, Grant County, Hooker County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this areal flood advisory at May 16, 2021, 3:16 AM MDT for Cherry County, Grant County, Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2021, 3:16 AM MDT (09:16 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2021, 5:54 AM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cherry County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 266 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at May 16, 3:04 AM MDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 3:04 AM MDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 2:08 PM MDT, 13 hours 8 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
308 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-162015-
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-
308 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021 /208 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

Thunderstorms are possible tonight. A few storms may be strong to
severe, with the greatest potential across southwest Nebraska.

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

Additional thunderstorms are possible on Sunday across all of
western and north central Nebraska. At this time severe weather
threat looks low, but can't rule out and isolated strong to
severe thunderstorm.

Next week the weather pattern becomes more active with
thunderstorms possible daily throughout the week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Please report hail, strong winds, and heavy rain to the National
Weather Service.

&&

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 15, 9:56 PM MDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
956 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021

NEZ058-160445-
Perkins NE-
956 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PERKINS COUNTY UNTIL
1045 PM MDT...

At 955 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Madrid, or near Grant, moving southeast at 10 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Madrid.

This includes Highway 61 between mile markers 55 and 64.

LAT...LON 4072 10169 4083 10174 4091 10153 4071 10135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 334DEG 10KT 4081 10160

Taylor

Special weather statement, May 15, 11:08 PM MDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1208 AM CDT Sun May 16 2021

NEZ058-059-160600-
Perkins NE-Lincoln NE-
1208 AM CDT Sun May 16 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PERKINS AND
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT/MIDNIGHT MDT/...

At 1207 AM CDT/1107 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm near Madrid, or 12 miles east of Grant, moving east at
10 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Madrid, Elsie and Grainton.

LAT...LON 4074 10155 4084 10158 4097 10129 4070 10122
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 262DEG 8KT 4082 10149

Gomez

Local storm report, May 15, 11:54 PM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 15, 11:55 PM MDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 12:08 AM MDT, 3 hours 8 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
May 15, 6:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Chase	44 min
May 15, 6:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Perkins	42 min
May 15, 6:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	44 min
May 15, 6:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Perkins	48 min
May 15, 6:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Arthur	42 min
May 15, 7:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	39 min
May 15, 7:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith	47 min
May 15, 7:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Perkins	40 min
May 15, 7:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Perkins	46 min
May 15, 8:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	39 min
May 15, 8:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	38 min
May 15, 8:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	52 min
May 15, 8:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Perkins	48 min
May 15, 9:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Perkins	49 min
May 15, 11:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Perkins	52 min
May 15, 11:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	LBF	Lincoln, Perkins	4 hr
May 16, 3:38 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Sheridan	101 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.