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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 1986, 5:53 PM CST for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 57 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 1986, 5:53 PM CST (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 1986, 6:50 PM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dawson County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Phelps County, NE
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 6:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Gosper, NE | |
| Apr 17, 6:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Furnas, NE | |
| Apr 17, 6:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Furnas, NE | |
| Apr 17, 6:35 PM CST | Hail 1.5 | Furnas, NE |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGRI 172353 SVRGRI NEC047-065-073-137-180050- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 553 PM CST THU APR 17 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 650 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...CENTRAL EAST DAWSON...FURNAS...GOSPER AND WESTERN PHELPS AT 550 PM CST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF COZARD TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FURNAS COUNTY NEB. MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING..SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE CAN BE GIVEN TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ..LARGE HAIL GREATER THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER..DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN FL)OOD A LOW LYING AREA QUICKLY. TIGNOR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.