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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Hastings, NE

May 5, 2021Greeley County, Sherman County, Valley County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this frost advisory at May 5, 2021, 4:06 PM CDT for Greeley County, Sherman County, Valley County, Nebraska. It took effect at May 6, 2021, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2021, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
In effect from
May 6, 2021, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 6, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE

Counties Greeley County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1080 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

407 
WWUS73 KGID 052106
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hastings NE
406 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021

NEZ039-040-046-060900-
/O.NEW.KGID.FR.Y.0002.210506T1000Z-210506T1400Z/
Valley-Greeley-Sherman-
Including the cities of Ord, Greeley, Spalding, Scotia, Wolbach, 
Loup City, Sherman Reservoir, and Litchfield
406 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 35 is expected to result in frost
  formation.

* WHERE...Valley, Greeley and Sherman Counties.

* WHEN...From 5 AM to 9 AM CDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left 
  uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
956 
WWUS73 KGID 061017
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hastings NE
517 AM CDT Thu May 6 2021

NEZ039-040-046-061400-
/O.CON.KGID.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210506T1400Z/
Valley-Greeley-Sherman-
Including the cities of Ord, Greeley, Spalding, Scotia, Wolbach, 
Loup City, Sherman Reservoir, and Litchfield
517 AM CDT Thu May 6 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 35 is expected to result in 
  frost formation.

* WHERE...Valley, Greeley and Sherman Counties.

* WHEN...From 5 AM to 9 AM CDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Patchy frost could extend further south
  across portions of Howard and Nance Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Thies
201 
WWUS73 KGID 061403
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hastings NE
903 AM CDT Thu May 6 2021

NEZ039-040-046-061515-
/O.EXP.KGID.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210506T1400Z/
Valley-Greeley-Sherman-
Including the cities of Ord, Greeley, Spalding, Scotia, Wolbach, 
Loup City, Sherman Reservoir, and Litchfield
903 AM CDT Thu May 6 2021

...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Temperatures have warmed into the 40s and the threat of frost has
ended. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMerrick31 min
May 5, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick34 min
May 5, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDClay25 min
May 5, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster37 min
May 5, 3:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls35 min
May 5, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDYork35 min
May 5, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay43 min
May 5, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDYork40 min
May 5, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDYork29 min
May 5, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore30 min
May 5, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDYork27 min

Nearby

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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.