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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE

April 9, 2013Harlan County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2013, 12:09 AM CDT for Harlan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2013, 12:09 AM CDT (05:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2013, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Harlan County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2013-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1694 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2013-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 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
1694 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

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

932 
WUUS53 KGID 090509
SVRGID
NEC083-090545-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0021.130409T0509Z-130409T0545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1209 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1207 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF STAMFORD....OR 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTON...AND
  MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STAMFORD...ORLEANS AND RAGAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4031 9963 4031 9930 4013 9938 4000 9945
      4000 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0509Z 194DEG 40KT 4009 9954

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

ROSSI
1 follow-up statement
213 
WWUS53 KGID 090523
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1223 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013

NEC083-090545-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130409T0545Z/
HARLAN NE-
1223 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL HARLAN
COUNTY UNTIL 1245 AM CDT...

AT 1221 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
ORLEANS...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLDREGE...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN HARLAN COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4015 9963 4031 9963 4031 9930 4013 9938
      4007 9941
TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 194DEG 40KT 4024 9949

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

ROSSI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 9:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGosper27 min
Apr 8, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman41 min
Apr 8, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo34 min
Apr 8, 10:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward35 min
Apr 8, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward, Sherman45 min
Apr 8, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson41 min
Apr 8, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNance37 min
Apr 8, 10:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson51 min
Apr 8, 10:27 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHoward, Sherman33 min
Apr 8, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick, Nance47 min
Apr 8, 10:50 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson25 min
Apr 8, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward31 min
Apr 8, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson39 min
Apr 8, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo30 min
Apr 8, 11:19 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Sherman26 min
Apr 8, 11:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGosper45 min
Apr 8, 11:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSherman34 min
Apr 8, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGosper, Phelps37 min
Apr 9, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas26 min
Apr 9, 12:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo, Phelps45 min
Apr 9, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps47 min
Apr 9, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney, Phelps27 min
Apr 9, 12:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo34 min
Apr 9, 12:58 AM CDTWind AdvisoryGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 17 more12 hr
Apr 9, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Howard, Merrick34 min
Apr 9, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney46 min
Apr 9, 1:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhelps25 min
Apr 9, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Hall46 min
Apr 9, 1:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMerrick, Nance46 min
Apr 9, 1:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDClay26 min
Apr 9, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton49 min
Apr 9, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick, Nance48 min
Apr 9, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney45 min
Apr 9, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Hall43 min
Apr 9, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick26 min
Apr 9, 2:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward52 min
Apr 9, 2:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDBuffalo3 hr
Apr 9, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk31 min
Apr 9, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Hall, Hamilton, Merrick47 min
Apr 9, 3:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPolk27 min
Apr 9, 3:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPolk31 min
Apr 9, 3:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick, Nance, Polk22 min
Apr 9, 3:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk18 min
Apr 9, 4:56 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDBuffalo6 hr
Apr 9, 5:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDHoward, Sherman6 hr
Apr 9, 10:42 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more41 hr
Apr 9, 1:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley, Hall, Howard44 min
Apr 9, 1:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHarlan42 min
Apr 9, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick, Nance27 min
Apr 9, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNance16 min
Apr 9, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDKearney, Phelps42 min
Apr 9, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHarlan37 min
Apr 9, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin35 min
Apr 9, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall, Kearney25 min
Apr 9, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo, Sherman33 min
Apr 9, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin, Webster37 min
Apr 9, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDKearney42 min
Apr 9, 4:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall40 min
Apr 9, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley49 min
Apr 9, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDClay, Hamilton41 min
Apr 9, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPolk48 min
Apr 9, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall43 min
Apr 9, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Hall, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Webster42 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.