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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE

July 10, 2020Gosper County, Harlan County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2020, 2:08 AM CDT for Gosper County, Harlan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 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: Jul 10, 2020, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2020, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE

Counties Gosper County, NE, Harlan County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 912 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.1

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The text

As transmitted.

333 
WWUS83 KGID 100708
SPSGID

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
208 AM CDT Fri Jul 10 2020
 
NEZ072-073-082-083-100800-
Phelps NE-Harlan NE-Gosper NE-Furnas NE-
208 AM CDT Fri Jul 10 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN PHELPS...EASTERN GOSPER
AND NORTHERN HARLAN COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

At 208 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Smithfield, or 19 miles west of Holdrege, moving southeast at 35 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Holdrege, Bertrand, Loomis, Atlanta, Smithfield and Ragan. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 4049 9994 4064 9980 4039 9918 4035 9918
      4014 9941
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 304DEG 32KT 4049 9975 

$$

Thies

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	41 min
Jul 10, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	48 min
Jul 10, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps	36 min
Jul 10, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps	29 min
Jul 10, 2:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Kearney	36 min
Jul 10, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Valley	50 min
Jul 10, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Sherman, Valley	44 min
Jul 10, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo	42 min
Jul 10, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson, Sherman	40 min
Jul 10, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson, Kearney, Phelps, Sherman	46 min
Jul 10, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps and 1 more	40 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.