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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at Apr 6, 2021, 5:50 PM CDT for Dawson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 25 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
- Apr 6, 2021, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
County Dawson County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -649 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 6, 4:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 4:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Hastings NE 500 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 072200- Phillips-Smith-Jewell-Rooks-Osborne-Mitchell-Valley-Greeley-Nance- Sherman-Howard-Merrick-Polk-Dawson-Buffalo-Hall-Hamilton-York- Gosper-Phelps-Kearney-Adams-Clay-Fillmore-Furnas-Harlan-Franklin- Webster-Nuckolls-Thayer- 500 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and portions of north central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to develop late this afternoon and track east across the entire forecast area through the evening hours. The primary hazards will be damaging wind gusts to near 60 MPH and isolated hail stones up to 2 inches in diameter, though an isolated tornado is not completely out of the question...especially across portions of north central Kansas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. During the day on Wednesday, strong northwesterly winds will be possible across portions of the outlook area, especially west of Highway 281. Sustained speeds near 30 MPH and gusts near 45 MPH will be possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed through midnight tonight. && More information may be obtained at the following web page: https://www.weather.gov/hastings Rossi
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 5:50 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 20 min |
| Apr 6, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 48 min |
| Apr 6, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 30 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.