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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

July 18, 2021Blaine County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2021, 6:03 AM CDT for Blaine County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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 18, 2021, 6:03 AM CDT (11:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2021, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

County Blaine County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:03 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2021-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1059 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2021-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
1059 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.9

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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 18, 4:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 4:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 4:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 12:11 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1111 PM MDT Sat Jul 17 2021

NEZ022-180600-
Garden NE-
1111 PM MDT Sat Jul 17 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN GARDEN COUNTY UNTIL
MIDNIGHT MDT...

At 1111 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lisco, or 12 miles northwest of Oshkosh, moving southeast at 15 mph.

Nickel size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Oshkosh, Intersection of Highway 27 and 9 Mile Road and Sugar Loaf
Hill.

LAT...LON 4155 10259 4162 10252 4148 10213 4127 10235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0511Z 309DEG 13KT 4154 10250

Jacobs
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1200 AM MDT Sun Jul 18 2021

NEZ022-057-180645-
Garden NE-Keith NE-
1200 AM MDT Sun Jul 18 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN KEITH AND
SOUTHEASTERN GARDEN COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM MDT...

At 1159 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Oshkosh, moving southeast at 15 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Oshkosh, Lewellen, Ash Hollow State Historical Park and Bluewater
Battlefield State Historical Park.

LAT...LON 4148 10248 4155 10226 4135 10191 4123 10228
TIME...MOT...LOC 0559Z 314DEG 15KT 4144 10230

Jacobs
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:53 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1253 AM MDT Sun Jul 18 2021

NEZ056>058-180745-
Deuel NE-Perkins NE-Keith NE-
1253 AM MDT Sun Jul 18 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PERKINS...
SOUTHWESTERN KEITH AND EASTERN DEUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM MDT...

At 1252 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles north of Big Springs, moving southeast at 30 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Big Springs, Brule, Goldeneye State Wildlife Management Area, Wild
Horse Spring and Megeath.

LAT...LON 4125 10189 4090 10156 4089 10205 4091 10206
      4100 10205 4100 10212 4119 10223
TIME...MOT...LOC 0652Z 324DEG 25KT 4116 10207

Jacobs
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 6:03 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 12:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarden49 min
Jul 18, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarden45 min
Jul 18, 1:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeith52 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.