Public Information Statement Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
451 PM CST Mon Feb 26 2024 /351 PM MST Mon Feb 26 2024/
...HIGHEST WIND REPORTS MONDAY AFTERNOON...
Deep surface low pressure circulating across the Dakotas produced
strong west winds across western and north central Nebraska this
afternoon. Humidity as low as 8 percent and the strong winds lead
to difficult to uncontrollable fire suppression with several
wildfires which developed.
Location Speed Time/Date Provider
Crescent Lake 57 MPH 0258 PM 02/26 RAWS
Ogallala Airport 54 MPH 0155 PM 02/26 AWOS
Broken Bow Airport 51 MPH 1234 PM 02/26 ASOS
Imperial Airport 51 MPH 0202 PM 02/26 ASOS
Big Springs 2W 50 MPH 0116 PM 02/26 MESOWEST
North Platte 4N 48 MPH 0350 PM 02/26 CWOP
North Platte Airport 48 MPH 0204 PM 02/26 ASOS
North Platte 5SSW 47 MPH 1248 PM 02/26 CWOP
Arthur 8S 44 MPH 0245 PM 02/26 NE-MESO
Oshkosh 6N 44 MPH 0100 PM 02/26 NE-MESO
Grant Airport 43 MPH 0415 PM 02/26 AWOS
Thedford Airport 43 MPH 0135 PM 02/26 AWOS
North Platte 7ESE 41 MPH 0200 PM 02/26 MESOWEST
North Platte 40 MPH 0410 PM 02/26 CWOP
Stapleton 40 MPH 0415 PM 02/26 CWOP
Mckelvie 40 MPH 1249 PM 02/26 RAWS
Valentine 1N 39 MPH 0215 PM 02/26 CWOP
Gordon Airport 39 MPH 0415 PM 02/26 AWOS
Valentine Airport 39 MPH 1237 PM 02/26 ASOS
Big Springs 8NE 39 MPH 0125 PM 02/26 NE-MESO
Oshkosh 6SE 39 MPH 0313 PM 02/26 MESOWEST
O``Neill Airport 38 MPH 1135 AM 02/26 AWOS
Whitman 5NE 38 MPH 0240 PM 02/26 NE-MESO
Big Springs 6NE 38 MPH 0315 PM 02/26 NE-MESO
Chappell 6NW 38 MPH 0244 PM 02/26 MESOWEST
Kingsley Dam 4NNE 38 MPH 0122 PM 02/26 MESOWEST
Hay Springs 37 MPH 0435 PM 02/26 DAVIS
Brule 1E 37 MPH 0151 PM 02/26 MESOWEST
Halsey 2W 36 MPH 0423 PM 02/26 RAWS
Ainsworth Airport 36 MPH 1215 PM 02/26 AWOS
North Platte 3S 36 MPH 0210 PM 02/26 NE-MESO
Sutherland 3E 36 MPH 0139 PM 02/26 MESOWEST
Valentine 27S 36 MPH 0114 PM 02/26 RAWS
Bartlett 8SSE 35 MPH 1155 AM 02/26 AWS
Keystone 35 MPH 0330 PM 02/26 CWOP
Big Springs 2ENE 35 MPH 1157 AM 02/26 MESOWEST
Uscrn Site At Gudmundsen San 35 MPH 1200 PM 02/26 MESOWEST
Hay Springs 34 MPH 1225 PM 02/26 DAVIS
Hayes Center 3N 34 MPH 0140 PM 02/26 NE-MESO
Oshkosh 10NW 34 MPH 0238 PM 02/26 MESOWEST
ANSELMO 33 MPH 0330 PM 02/26 CWOP
Dickens 1NE 33 MPH 0310 PM 02/26 NE-MESO
Kingsley Dam 33 MPH 0145 PM 02/26 NE-MESO
Brule 32 MPH 1235 PM 02/26 DAVIS
Long Pine 20S 32 MPH 0315 PM 02/26 NE-MESO
North Platte 1SE 31 MPH 0300 PM 02/26 CWOP
Sarben 5W 31 MPH 1258 PM 02/26 MESOWEST
Lemoyne 7W 31 MPH 0147 PM 02/26 MESOWEST
Inman 30 MPH 1200 PM 02/26 CWOP
Ainsworth 4NW 30 MPH 1235 PM 02/26 DAVIS
Custer 30 MPH 0245 PM 02/26 CWOP
North Platte (midtown) 30 MPH 0125 PM 02/26 CWOP
Merna 2SW 30 MPH 1255 PM 02/26 NE-MESO
Gates 2S 29 MPH 1240 PM 02/26 DAVIS
Grant 28 MPH 0150 PM 02/26 AWS
Grant 7NNE 28 MPH 0215 PM 02/26 AWS
Grant 27 MPH 0315 PM 02/26 DAVIS
North Platte 27 MPH 1239 PM 02/26 CWOP
Emmet 3E 27 MPH 0240 PM 02/26 NE-MESO
Imperial 25 MPH 0135 PM 02/26 DAVIS
Naper 12SW 24 MPH 0345 PM 02/26 NE-MESO
Wallace 20 MPH 0205 PM 02/26 DAVIS
Chambers 20 MPH 1120 AM 02/26 CWOP
Champion 7S 20 MPH 0300 PM 02/26 MESOWEST
Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying
equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers
for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.
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