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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

July 27, 2024Keith County, Perkins County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2024, 9:10 PM MDT for Keith County, Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 2024, 9:10 PM MDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2024, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
50

Counties Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 27, 9:22 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 572 E Grant, NEpersonal weather station east of Grant.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 00:00Z on 2024-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1163 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2024-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1163 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2258 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

370 
WWUS83 KLBF 280310
SPSLBF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
910 PM MDT Sat Jul 27 2024
 
NEZ056>058-069-280400-
Deuel NE-Chase NE-Perkins NE-Keith NE-
910 PM MDT Sat Jul 27 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PERKINS...WESTERN KEITH...
NORTHWESTERN CHASE AND SOUTHEASTERN DEUEL COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM
MDT...

At 910 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms 
extending from near Big Springs to near Venango. Movement was east 
at 20 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Ogallala, Grant, Big Springs, Brule, Madrid, Venango, Keystone,
Roscoe, Kingsley Dam, Brandon, Megeath, Wild Horse Spring, and
Goldeneye State Wildlife Management Area.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 61 between mile markers 50 and 100.
 Highway 92 between mile markers 137 and 138.
 Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 104 and 136.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4064 10205 4100 10205 4101 10214 4113 10214
      4133 10152 4091 10152 4064 10163
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 250DEG 16KT 4106 10203 4070 10203 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 6:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarden43 min
Jul 27, 6:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry39 min
Jul 27, 7:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGrant24 min
Jul 27, 7:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan54 min
Jul 27, 7:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan46 min
Jul 27, 7:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFDeuel52 min
Jul 27, 8:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeith45 min
Jul 27, 8:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan30 min
Jul 27, 9:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeith50 min
Jul 27, 9:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFChase, Perkins62 min
Jul 27, 10:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLogan57 min
Jul 27, 10:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHooker, McPherson44 min
Jul 27, 10:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLincoln21 min
Jul 27, 10:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLincoln61 min
Jul 27, 11:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHayes60 min
Jul 27, 11:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFChase, Perkins3 hr
Jul 27, 11:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier49 min
Jul 27, 11:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLincoln41 min
Jul 28, 12:10 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier65 min
Jul 28, 5:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFDeuel42 min
Jul 28, 5:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFChase, Perkins49 min
Jul 28, 5:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFDeuel29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.