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Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this red flag warning at Apr 23, 2022, 3:04 AM CDT for 24 counties in Nebraska; 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 23, 2022, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2022, 3:04 AM CDT (08:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 23, 2022, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2022, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
All 30 counties
Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Clay County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Polk County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 1353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning 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 red flag warning went out at Apr 23, 12:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 12:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Hastings NE 933 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 231200- 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- 933 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and portions of north central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Strong southerly winds of 30 to 40 MPH with gusts to around 65 MPH will continue across the local area tonight. As a result, a High Wind Warning is in effect for the entire area through 5 AM Saturday. Blowing dust may also lead to poor visibility, especially in Furnas, Gosper, and Dawson counties. Isolated thunderstorms are possible west of Highway 281 through 11pm. Hail to the size of quarters and wind gusts to 70 MPH are possible with these storms. Another round of thunderstorms is expected to move in from the west between 1am and 5am Saturday morning. Wind gusts to 70 MPH are the main threat with this line of storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Saturday will see strong winds again gradually shifting from the south to the northwest with gusts to around 40 to 45 MPH possible. These strong winds combined with minimum relative humidity values below 20 percent prompted the issuance of a fire weather watch for Saturday...which is in effect from 1 PM until 8 PM CDT. Additional fire weather concerns are expected to persist across at least parts of the local area into next week and will be assessed one day at a time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any hail, wind damage, or tornadoes with the possible storms late this afternoon and overnight. && More information may be obtained at the following web page: https://www.weather.gov/hastings
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 23, 1:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
158 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0128 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 NE GRAND ISLAND 40.97N 98.32W
04/23/2022 M62 MPH HALL NE ASOS
ASOS STATION KGRI GRAND ISLAND AIRPORT.
&&
MANGELSLocal storm report, Apr 23, 1:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
159 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0136 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 W HAZARD 41.09N 99.09W
04/23/2022 M60 MPH SHERMAN NE MESONET
KNEHAZAR5.
&&
MANGELSLocal storm report, Apr 23, 2:16 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
216 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0117 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 6 NNW LOUP CITY 41.35N 99.03W
04/23/2022 M62 MPH SHERMAN NE MESONET
DAVIS WEATHERLINK.
&&
MANGELSLocal storm report, Apr 23, 2:21 AM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
221 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1247 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 NE CLARKS 41.25N 97.78W
04/23/2022 M58 MPH MERRICK NE MESONET
MESONET STATION UR441 WHAVNW.
&&
MANGELSLocal storm report, Apr 23, 2:49 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
249 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0238 AM TSTM WND GST 5 NNW OXFORD 40.31N 99.67W
04/23/2022 M65 MPH FURNAS NE MESONET
DAVIS WEATHERLINK STATION. COINCIDED WITH
ARRIVAL OF THUNDERSTORM.
&&
MANGELSLocal storm report, Apr 23, 3:01 AM CDT, 3 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 22, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Gosper | 19 min |
| Apr 22, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Franklin | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas | 37 min |
| Apr 23, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Webster | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 4:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 4:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nuckolls, Thayer | 35 min |
| Apr 23, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 5:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 34 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.