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Frost Advisory 4, NWS Hastings, NE
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.
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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.
- 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
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.