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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE

June 20, 2011Gosper County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2011, 12:29 AM CDT for Gosper County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports 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
Jun 20, 2011, 12:29 AM CDT (05:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE

County Gosper County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:30 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 12:46 AM CDTHAIL 2.75Cambridge, NEWINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 TO 70 MPH.
Jun 20, 12:58 AM CDTHAIL 0.884 W Elwood, NEDELAYED REPORT OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL 4 W OF ELWOOD.

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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2011-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1727 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1727 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
293 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
17.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

658 
WWUS83 KGID 200529
SPSGID

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1229 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

NEZ072-082-200600-
FURNAS NE-GOSPER NE-
1229 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GOSPER AND NORTHWESTERN FURNAS
COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT...

AT 1226 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EUSTIS TO 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BARTLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  CAMBRIDGE...
  ELWOOD...
  JOHNSON LAKE...
  HOLBROOK...
  SMITHFIELD...
  ARAPAHOE...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS
WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS....FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4036 10010 4044 10009 4045 9999 4069 9999
      4070 9986 4069 9965 4035 9964 4012 10011
      4011 10020 4035 10021
TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 270DEG 14KT 4063 10003 4019 10039

$$

BRYANT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper62 min
Jun 19, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFurnas35 min
Jun 19, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper27 min
Jun 19, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFurnas34 min
Jun 19, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps58 min
Jun 19, 10:21 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper12 hr
Jun 19, 10:29 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFurnas, Harlan46 min
Jun 19, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps67 min
Jun 19, 11:14 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps31 min
Jun 19, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley45 min
Jun 19, 11:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson34 min
Jun 19, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard52 min
Jun 19, 11:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDKearney35 min
Jun 20, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson42 min
Jun 20, 12:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPolk9 min
Jun 20, 12:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams27 min
Jun 20, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Hall, Kearney38 min
Jun 20, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper38 min
Jun 20, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Merrick, Nance51 min
Jun 20, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson48 min
Jun 20, 12:52 AM CDTTornado WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper23 min
Jun 20, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps52 min
Jun 20, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick, Nance51 min
Jun 20, 1:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDValley31 min
Jun 20, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Gosper, Phelps31 min
Jun 20, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney, Phelps48 min
Jun 20, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk39 min
Jun 20, 2:02 AM CDTTornado WarningGIDMerrick, Polk28 min
Jun 20, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Hall, Kearney38 min
Jun 20, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Nance14 min
Jun 20, 3:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMerrick23 min
Jun 20, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick, Polk, York35 min
Jun 20, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick, Polk, York32 min
Jun 20, 4:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney8 days
Jun 20, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFurnas, Harlan40 min
Jun 20, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFurnas, Harlan33 min
Jun 20, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhelps26 min
Jun 20, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Gosper, Phelps52 min
Jun 20, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFurnas, Harlan, Phelps19 min
Jun 20, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps31 min
Jun 20, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo26 min
Jun 20, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps47 min
Jun 20, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Sherman42 min
Jun 20, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York51 min
Jun 20, 4:33 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Sherman42 min
Jun 20, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick and 1 more31 min
Jun 20, 4:46 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Sherman44 min
Jun 20, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Howard and 4 more55 min
Jun 20, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman, Valley52 min
Jun 20, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHamilton, York27 min
Jun 20, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley50 min
Jun 20, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDThayer25 min
Jun 20, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick, Polk, York36 min
Jun 20, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPolk, York31 min
Jun 20, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, Nance, Polk and 3 more52 min
Jun 20, 6:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley6 hr
Jun 20, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick, Polk, York45 min
Jun 20, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFurnas25 min
Jun 20, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas44 min
Jun 20, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick, Nance, Polk17 min
Jun 20, 1:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips55 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.