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Snow Squall Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE

February 27, 2024Keith County, Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this snow squall warning at Feb 27, 2024, 10:28 AM MST for Keith County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 2024, 10:28 AM MST (17:28 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 2024, 11:30 AM MST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 12:00Z on 2024-02-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2024-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this snow squall warning 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 snow squall warning went out at Feb 27, 10:27 AM MST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 10:27 AM MST, 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 27, 3:12 AM MST, 7 hours 16 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
412 AM CST Tue Feb 27 2024

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-272215-
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-
412 AM CST Tue Feb 27 2024 /312 AM MST Tue Feb 27 2024/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Strong northerly winds gusting as high as 50 mph and the threat for
minor snow accumulations of less than one inch are expected in the
wake of a passing cold front. Localized brief bursts of snow and
strong winds will likely lead to the threat for blowing snow and
reduced visibility at times.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

A return to above normal temperatures will lead to increasing fire
weather concerns each day Wednesday through Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 27, 8:46 AM MST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
946 AM CST Tue Feb 27 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0945 AM     Snow             1 N Valentine           42.89N 100.55W
02/27/2024  M1.1 inch        Cherry             NE   Official NWS Obs

            snow in progress.

&&
Special weather statement, Feb 27, 10:04 AM MST, 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 8:49 AM MSTSnow Squall WarningLBFCherry, Hooker, Thomas56 min
Feb 27, 9:35 AM MSTSnow Squall WarningLBFArthur, Garden, Keith55 min
Feb 27, 10:08 AM MSTSnow Squall WarningLBFKeith37 min
Feb 27, 10:53 AM MSTSnow Squall WarningLBFLincoln52 min
Feb 27, 11:15 AM MSTSnow Squall WarningLBFLincoln, Logan45 min
Feb 27, 11:34 AM MSTSnow Squall WarningLBFLincoln41 min
Feb 27, 12:53 PM MSTSnow Squall WarningLBFFrontier, Lincoln27 min

Nearby

Snow Squall Warnings in Nebraska, 2024Every snow squall warning in 2024

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.