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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Oct 11, 2023, 9:49 PM CDT for Keya Paha County, Nebraska. It was in force for 56 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 11, 2023, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2023, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 30
County Keya Paha County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 200 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 801 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS83 KLBF 120249
SPSLBF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
949 PM CDT Wed Oct 11 2023
NEZ005-006-120345-
Eastern Cherry NE-Keya Paha NE-
949 PM CDT Wed Oct 11 2023
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CHERRY AND WESTERN
KEYA PAHA COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 PM CDT...
At 949 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Norden to 9 miles northeast of Johnstown
to 8 miles south of Springview. Movement was north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Springview, Norden, and Thomas Creek State Wildlife Management Area.
This includes the following highways...
Highway 183 between mile markers 209 and 225.
Highway 12 between mile markers 23 and 62.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4274 9968 4277 9986 4284 10018 4300 10020
4300 9962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 178DEG 15KT 4282 10011 4268 9995 4271 9969
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
$$
CDCThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Wheeler | 60 min |
| Oct 11, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Holt | 60 min |
| Oct 11, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Rock | 50 min |
| Oct 11, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown | 61 min |
| Oct 11, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Wheeler | 29 min |
| Oct 11, 9:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Keya Paha | 35 min |
| Oct 11, 9:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Wheeler | 18 min |
| Oct 11, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Holt | 29 min |
| Oct 11, 9:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Holt | 4 hr |
| Oct 11, 10:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Holt, Wheeler | 54 min |
| Oct 11, 10:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Garfield | 48 min |
| Oct 11, 10:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Holt, Wheeler | 2 hr |
| Oct 11, 11:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Holt, Rock | 3 hr |
| Oct 11, 11:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 56 min |
| Oct 12, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sherman | 47 min |
| Oct 12, 1:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Holt, Wheeler | 2 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:17 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more | 36 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | McPherson | 45 min |
| Oct 12, 11:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Rock | 40 min |
| Oct 12, 12:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Frontier | 49 min |
| Oct 12, 12:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 24 min |
| Oct 12, 12:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Custer | 6 hr |
| Oct 12, 1:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Oct 12, 1:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Oct 12, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 49 min |
| Oct 12, 1:42 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | LBF | Sheridan | 13 hr |
| Oct 12, 1:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Loup | 6 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Loup | 5 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Loup | 9 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Custer, Garfield, Loup | 5 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock | 6 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Boyd, Brown, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock | 6 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Garfield | 47 min |
| Oct 12, 5:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha | 6 hr |
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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.