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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1986, 3:11 AM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 12, 1986, 3:11 AM CDT (08:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1986, 4:10 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greeley County, NE, Howard County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 4:12 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Merrick, 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 3578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 9:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 935 PM CDT FRI JULY 11 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND A PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 935 PM CDT SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA AND PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE AREA OF STORMS WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM ONEILL TO 15 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS TO 20 MILES WEST OF FAIRBURY IN NEBRASKA. IT EXTENDED WEST FOR ABOUT 150 MILES. IN KANSAS...THE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS 40 MILES WIDE STRETCHING FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF HILL CITY. ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NEBRASKA...25 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS...15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HASTINGS...FROM 45 TO 80 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF GRAND ISLAND...AND\ 25 MILES WEST OF FAIRBURY. ALL OF THESE STORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINS AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. JFD
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 9:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 847 PM CDT FRI JULY 11 1986 A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WEST OF GRAND ISLAND THROUGH THE NORTHEAST. IT WAS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEASTWARD. AT 845 NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED IN THE LOCAL AREA...BUT RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ABRUPTLY. PLEASE LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NATIONAL WEATHER jSERVICE RADIO FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES.
Local storm report, Jul 11, 11:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Hamilton | 49 min |
| Jul 11, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Thayer | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman, Valley | 54 min |
| Jul 12, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Polk, York | 43 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.