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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

October 26, 2021Logan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Oct 26, 2021, 10:13 PM CDT for Logan 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: Oct 26, 2021, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired: Oct 26, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 50

County Logan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 22 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: 385 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -291 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 418 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 529 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

701 
WWUS83 KLBF 270313
SPSLBF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1013 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021
 
NEZ026-037-038-059-270400-
Custer NE-Blaine NE-Lincoln NE-Logan NE-
1013 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of eastern Lincoln,
southeastern Logan, western Custer and southwestern Blaine Counties
through 1100 PM CDT...

At 1013 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Stapleton to near Maxwell to 11 miles
northwest of Moorefield. Movement was northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Stapleton, Arnold, Brady, Maxwell, Gandy, Logan, Cottonwood Canyon
State Wildlife Management Area, Etna, Milldale, Jeffrey Canyon State
Wildlife Management Area, Shanklin Bluff, Tarboz Lake, Hoagland,
Finchville and Vroman.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 92 between mile markers 220 and 257.
 Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 190 and 208.
 Highway 83 between mile markers 99 and 120.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4074 10057 4108 10053 4149 10068 4179 10018
      4131 10000 4104 10004 4105 10022 4084 10022
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 240DEG 20KT 4146 10058 4112 10046 4085 10049 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

Buttler

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 26, 7:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Arthur	43 min
Oct 26, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	39 min
Oct 26, 9:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	49 min
Oct 26, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Thomas	42 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.