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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Hastings, NE

March 24, 2024Dawson County, Gosper County, Phelps County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2024, 4:08 PM CDT for Dawson County, Gosper County, Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 min. 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 24, 2024, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2024, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dawson County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Phelps County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2024-03-24Temperature 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 2024-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
654 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 24, 11:11 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 11:11 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 24, 2:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Hastings NE
247 PM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

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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-
247 PM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and
portions of north central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Southerly wind gusts of 40 to 50 MPH are possible this afternoon
and evening, mainly southeast of a line from Phillipsburg to Red
Cloud to Geneva.

Chances for thunderstorms will increase late this afternoon and
evening, and a few of these storms could become severe, mainly
between 4pm and midnight. Threats include hail to the size of half
dollars and wind gusts up to 60 MPH. The highest risk is
across north central Kansas, but there is some chance for severe
storms to reach as far north as the Interstate 80 corridor.

After midnight, rain will start to change to snow from northwest
to southeast. Before the switchover to snow, a period freezing
rain will be possible, with a light glaze to around a tenth of an
inch of ice accumulation possible by daybreak west of Highway
281. In addition, northwest wind gusts of 40 to 50 MPH are also
possible by early Monday morning, mainly in areas northwest of a
line from Beaver City to Greeley, Nebraska, where a blizzard
warning goes into effect at 1 AM CDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Rain will continue to transition to snow from west to east across
the local area Monday morning, with a period of freezing rain
possible before a complete transition over to snow. This could
result in an additional light glaze to up to one tenth of an inch
of ice accumulation Monday morning, mainly for areas along and
west of a line from Osborne, Kansas to Fullerton, Nebraska. In
addition, strong northwest winds will spread across the area
Monday into Monday night, with wind gusts of 45 to 55 MPH
possible. This would result in in poor visibility and hazardous
travel in any bands of heavier snow that develop. As a result, a
winter weather advisory as well as a blizzard warning have been
issued for parts of the local area. Please see the latest winter
weather statements for additional information.

Finally, wind chill values will fall below zero across much of
Nebraska Tuesday morning with readings as low as 10 degrees below
zero possible in spots primarily north of Interstate 80.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report any hail or damaging winds that
occur today, along with any wintry precipitation tonight through
Monday.

&&

More information may be obtained at the following web page:
   https://www.weather.gov/hastings

Rossi

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 24, 3:38 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 10:49 PM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGIDGreeley, Howard, Merrick, Nance, Polk, Sherman and 1 more9 hr
Mar 24, 3:47 AM CDTBlizzard WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Furnas, Gosper, Greeley, Harlan and 5 more51 hr
Mar 24, 12:54 PM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGIDAdams, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Hall, Hamilton and 10 more42 hr
Mar 24, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGosper35 min
Mar 24, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFurnas34 min
Mar 24, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGosper37 min
Mar 24, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFurnas28 min
Mar 24, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas31 min
Mar 24, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas36 min
Mar 24, 6:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHarlan24 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.