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Frost Advisory 4, NWS Hastings, NE

May 11, 202113 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this frost advisory at May 11, 2021, 2:52 PM CDT for 13 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at May 12, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 2021, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
In effect from
May 12, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 12, 2021, 8:13 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE

Counties Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2021-05-11Temperature 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 2021-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

853 
WWUS73 KGID 111952
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hastings NE
252 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021

NEZ039>041-046>048-060>062-120500-
/O.NEW.KGID.FR.Y.0004.210512T0800Z-210512T1400Z/
Valley-Greeley-Nance-Sherman-Howard-Merrick-Dawson-Buffalo-Hall-
Including the cities of Ord, Greeley, Spalding, Scotia, Wolbach, 
Fullerton, Genoa, Loup City, Sherman Reservoir, Litchfield, 
St. Libory, Central City, Lexington, Cozad, Willow Island, 
Gothenburg, Kearney, and Grand Island
252 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 34 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Valley, Greeley, Nance, Sherman, Howard, Merrick, 
  Dawson, Buffalo and Hall Counties.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM CDT Wednesday.

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

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The best potential for frost will be across
  areas northwest of a line from Lexington to Fullerton, but
  patchy frost may also develop further south, to near and just
  south of the Platte River.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Thies
3 follow-up statements
357 
WWUS73 KGID 120226
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hastings NE
926 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021

NEZ072>075-121030-
/O.EXA.KGID.FR.Y.0004.210512T0800Z-210512T1400Z/
Gosper-Phelps-Kearney-Adams-
Including the cities of Elwood, Johnson Lake, Holdrege, Minden, 
and Hastings
926 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 35 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Gosper, Phelps, Kearney and Adams Counties.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM CDT Wednesday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

NEZ039>041-046>048-060>062-121030-
/O.CON.KGID.FR.Y.0004.210512T0800Z-210512T1400Z/
Valley-Greeley-Nance-Sherman-Howard-Merrick-Dawson-Buffalo-Hall-
Including the cities of Ord, Greeley, Spalding, Scotia, Wolbach, 
Fullerton, Genoa, Loup City, Sherman Reservoir, Litchfield, 
St. Libory, Central City, Lexington, Cozad, Willow Island, 
Gothenburg, Kearney, and Grand Island
926 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Valley, Buffalo, Dawson, Howard, Sherman, Nance, 
  Greeley, Hall and Merrick Counties.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM CDT Wednesday.

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


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Billings Wright
834 
WWUS73 KGID 120757
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hastings NE
257 AM CDT Wed May 12 2021

NEZ039>041-046>048-060>062-072>075-121400-
/O.CON.KGID.FR.Y.0004.210512T0800Z-210512T1400Z/
Valley-Greeley-Nance-Sherman-Howard-Merrick-Dawson-Buffalo-Hall-
Gosper-Phelps-Kearney-Adams-
Including the cities of Ord, Greeley, Spalding, Scotia, Wolbach, 
Fullerton, Genoa, Loup City, Sherman Reservoir, Litchfield, 
St. Libory, Central City, Lexington, Cozad, Willow Island, 
Gothenburg, Kearney, Grand Island, Elwood, Johnson Lake, 
Holdrege, Minden, and Hastings
257 AM CDT Wed May 12 2021

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

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Portions of central and south central Nebraska.

* WHEN...Until 9 AM CDT this morning.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
704 
WWUS73 KGID 121313
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hastings NE
813 AM CDT Wed May 12 2021

NEZ039>041-046>048-060>062-072>075-121415-
/O.CAN.KGID.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-210512T1400Z/
Valley-Greeley-Nance-Sherman-Howard-Merrick-Dawson-Buffalo-Hall-
Gosper-Phelps-Kearney-Adams-
Including the cities of Ord, Greeley, Spalding, Scotia, Wolbach, 
Fullerton, Genoa, Loup City, Sherman Reservoir, Litchfield, 
St. Libory, Central City, Lexington, Cozad, Willow Island, 
Gothenburg, Kearney, Grand Island, Elwood, Johnson Lake, 
Holdrege, Minden, and Hastings
813 AM CDT Wed May 12 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Temperatures have risen well above freezing, and frost is no
longer a concern. 

Latest model data, along with climatological statistics, suggest
this will likely be the last round of frost concerns this spring.

$$

Thies

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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.