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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Hastings, NE

April 6, 20244 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2024, 4:58 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 51 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: Apr 6, 2024, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2024, 5:49 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

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

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 6, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2356 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 200 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 Apr 6, 4:36 PM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 4:36 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 2:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Hastings NE
219 PM CDT Sat Apr 6 2024

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
071200-
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-
219 PM CDT Sat Apr 6 2024

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Strong southeast winds are expected to intensify across the local
area this morning, increasing to between 35 and 45 mph, with
gusts to near 60 MPH possible by afternoon. Winds of this
intensity could blow around unsecured objects, lead to tree
damage, as well as result in areas of blowing dust and poor
visibility across the local area. Please refer to the latest High
Wind Warning message for additional details.

The combination of very strong winds will also lead to dangerous
fire weather conditions area wide this afternoon, with the worst
conditions forecast behind a dry line over portions of north
central Kansas where a Red Flag Warning remains in effect. Please
refer to the latest Red Flag Warning statement for additional
details.

Finally, a line of thunderstorms is expected to develop southwest
of the Tri Cities by early afternoon, and then race northeast
through the late afternoon and evening hours. Some of these
storms will likely be severe, with hail to the size of quarters,
damaging winds of 60 to 70 MPH, and a few tornadoes all possible.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for all counties
within the outlook area with the exception of Rooks County in
north central Kansas. Please refer to the watch statement for
additional information.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Strong west to southwest winds with peak gusts of 40 to 60 MPH
are expected across the area on Sunday, with the highest winds
forecast to be southwest of the Tri-Cities where a High Wind
Warning will remain in effect through 7 PM CDT Sunday evening.
Please refer to the latest High Wind Warning message for
additional details.

In addition, the combination of very strong winds and lower
relative humidity values will lead to another round of near
critical to critical fire weather conditions across North Central
Kansas Sunday afternoon. Please refer to the latest Fire Weather
Watch message for additional information.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter reports of damaging winds, hail of any size, blowing dust
or wildfires today would be appreciated.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 6, 4:09 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 4:13 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 4:23 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 4:27 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 4:29 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 4:33 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan and 2 more	37 min
Apr 6, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Franklin, Nuckolls, Webster	45 min
Apr 6, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney and 2 more	46 min
Apr 6, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Adams, Clay, Franklin, Kearney, Nuckolls, Webster	39 min
Apr 6, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Buffalo, Franklin, Hall, Howard, Kearney, Sherman and 1 more	46 min
Apr 6, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Hall, Hamilton, Howard and 4 more	47 min
Apr 6, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk and 2 more	46 min
Apr 6, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk, York	34 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.