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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1996, 4:22 AM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 53 min. 3 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
- May 16, 1996, 4:22 AM CDT (09:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1996, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 4:22 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Grand Is Arpt, NE | |
| May 16, 4:35 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Harvard, NE | |
| May 16, 4:45 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Aurora, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1786 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGRI 160923 SVRGRI NEC001-035-079-081-161015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 422 AM CDT THU MAY 16 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS NE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...ADAMS COUNTY...CLAY COUNTY...HALL COUNTY...HAMILTON COUNTY AT 415 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND TO HASTINGS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN GRAND ISLAND...DONIPHAN...AURORA...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER AND OTHER TOWNS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO BE DROPPING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN GRAND ISLAND AND ALSO PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH AS IT PASSED THROUGH GRAND ISLAND AND DONIPHAN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM. PEO>PLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD GET INTO A REINFORCED SHELTER FOR PROTECTION FROM DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BREWSTER/GURNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 43 min |
| May 16, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, York | 52 min |
| May 16, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk | 42 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
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.