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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Hastings, NE

March 15, 20236 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this winter storm warning at Mar 15, 2023, 2:01 PM CDT for 6 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 16, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 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
Mar 15, 2023, 2:01 PM CDT (19:01 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 16, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 16, 2023, 1:58 PM CDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE

Counties Greeley County, NE, Howard County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 2023-03-15Temperature 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°0°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 2023-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
1942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 3:55 AM CDTWinter Storm WatchGIDGreeley, Howard, Merrick, Nance, Polk10 hr
Mar 15, 3:55 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGIDAdams, Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Hall, Hamilton and 6 more34 hr

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.