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Snow Squall Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE
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 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.
- 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
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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</html>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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 8:49 AM MST | Snow Squall Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 56 min |
| Feb 27, 9:35 AM MST | Snow Squall Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden, Keith | 55 min |
| Feb 27, 10:08 AM MST | Snow Squall Warning | LBF | Keith | 37 min |
| Feb 27, 10:53 AM MST | Snow Squall Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 52 min |
| Feb 27, 11:15 AM MST | Snow Squall Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 45 min |
| Feb 27, 11:34 AM MST | Snow Squall Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Feb 27, 12:53 PM MST | Snow Squall Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 27 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.