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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Hastings, NE

April 9, 2013Merrick County, Nance County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2013, 1:57 AM CDT for Merrick County, Nance County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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: Apr 9, 2013, 1:57 AM CDT (06:57 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2013, 2:45 AM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 137 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 870 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 0.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 9, 1:31 AM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 1:31 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 1:51 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 1:20 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 9, 1:24 AM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 9, 1:44 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 9, 1:47 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 9, 1:49 AM CDT, 8 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 9:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Gosper	27 min
Apr 8, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman	41 min
Apr 8, 9:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo	34 min
Apr 8, 10:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Howard	35 min
Apr 8, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Howard, Sherman	45 min
Apr 8, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	41 min
Apr 8, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nance	37 min
Apr 8, 10:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	51 min
Apr 8, 10:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Howard, Sherman	33 min
Apr 8, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Merrick, Nance	47 min
Apr 8, 10:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson	25 min
Apr 8, 10:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Howard	31 min
Apr 8, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	39 min
Apr 8, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo	30 min
Apr 8, 11:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Buffalo, Sherman	26 min
Apr 8, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Gosper	45 min
Apr 8, 11:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Sherman	34 min
Apr 8, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Gosper, Phelps	37 min
Apr 9, 12:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas	26 min
Apr 9, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Harlan	36 min
Apr 9, 12:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo, Phelps	45 min
Apr 9, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps	47 min
Apr 9, 12:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps	27 min
Apr 9, 12:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo	34 min
Apr 9, 12:58 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 17 more	12 hr
Apr 9, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Howard, Merrick	34 min
Apr 9, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Kearney	46 min
Apr 9, 1:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phelps	25 min
Apr 9, 1:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Hall	46 min
Apr 9, 1:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Merrick, Nance	46 min
Apr 9, 1:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay	26 min
Apr 9, 1:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton	49 min
Apr 9, 2:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Kearney	45 min
Apr 9, 2:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Hall	43 min
Apr 9, 2:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, Merrick	26 min
Apr 9, 2:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Howard	52 min
Apr 9, 2:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Buffalo	3 hr
Apr 9, 2:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk	31 min
Apr 9, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Hall, Hamilton, Merrick	47 min
Apr 9, 3:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Polk	27 min
Apr 9, 3:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Polk	31 min
Apr 9, 3:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Merrick, Nance, Polk	22 min
Apr 9, 3:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Polk	18 min
Apr 9, 4:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Buffalo	6 hr
Apr 9, 5:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Howard, Sherman	6 hr
Apr 9, 10:42 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more	41 hr
Apr 9, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Greeley, Hall, Howard	44 min
Apr 9, 1:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Harlan	42 min
Apr 9, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Merrick, Nance	27 min
Apr 9, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nance	16 min
Apr 9, 2:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Kearney, Phelps	42 min
Apr 9, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Harlan	37 min
Apr 9, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Franklin	35 min
Apr 9, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Kearney	25 min
Apr 9, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo, Sherman	33 min
Apr 9, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Franklin, Webster	37 min
Apr 9, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Kearney	42 min
Apr 9, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hall	40 min
Apr 9, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Greeley	49 min
Apr 9, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay, Hamilton	41 min
Apr 9, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Polk	48 min
Apr 9, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hall	43 min
Apr 9, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams, Hall, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Webster	42 min
Apr 9, 11:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Rooks	39 min
Apr 9, 12:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phillips	33 min
Apr 9, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Rooks	30 min
Apr 9, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phillips, Rooks	32 min
Apr 9, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phillips	30 min
Apr 9, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Smith	32 min
Apr 9, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	50 min
Apr 9, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2013 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.