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High Wind Watch 1, NWS North Platte, NE

April 5, 202426 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind watch at Apr 5, 2024, 1:38 AM MDT for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 5, 2024, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 5, 2024, 1:38 AM MDT (07:38 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 5, 2024, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired: Apr 5, 2024, 2:05 PM MDT
In force
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE

All 26 counties

Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Apr 4, 10:18 PM MDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 10:18 PM MDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 2:47 PM MDT, 10 hours 51 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
Apr 5, 2:05 PM MDT	High Wind Warning	LBF	Arthur, Boyd, Chase, Custer, Deuel, Frontier and 10 more	52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.