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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Hastings, NE

April 9, 2026Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska; Jewell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2026, 5:23 PM CDT for Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska; Jewell County, Kansas. 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
Apr 9, 2026, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2026, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jewell County, KS, Nuckolls County, NE, Thayer County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 9, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 230 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2026-04-09Temperature 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2026-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
1733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 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
Apr 9, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer61 min
Apr 9, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls32 min
Apr 9, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell, Osborne55 min
Apr 9, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2026Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2026Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

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.