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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE

May 27, 1995Polk County, York County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1995, 2:40 PM CDT for Polk County, York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 1995, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1995, 3:23 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Polk County, NE, York County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1995-05-27Temperature 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1995-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGRI 271943
SVRGRI
NEC143-185-272030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
240 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS NE  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...WESTERN POLK COUNTY...WESTERN YORK COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHWEST OF BRADSHAW OR
10 MILES WEST OF YORK NEBRASKA MOVING NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD
BRADSHAW AND TO THE NORTHWEST OF YORK.  THE STORM WILL MOVE NEAR POLK
BY 3PM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
SK/LEW

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, May 27, 12:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-272325-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1220 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS COUNTIES

JEWELL        MITCHELL         OSBORNE
PHILLIPS      ROOKS            SMITH

SYNOPSIS:
A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE REGION TODAY.  THIS WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME StEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  THE
MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BUT AN ISOLATED
TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY EARLY
THIS EVENING.

KISNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay38 min
May 27, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton44 min
May 27, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.