Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1997, 1:55 PM CDT for Fillmore County, York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 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
- Jun 11, 1997, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1997, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fillmore County, NE, York County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 1:55 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Henderson, NE | |
| Jun 11, 2:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Grafton, NE | |
| Jun 11, 2:25 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Fairmont, 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 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 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 111855 RRA SVRGRI NEC185-059-111945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 155 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS NE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...NORTHERN FILLMORE COUNTY LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN HENDERSON...LUSHTON... GRAFTON...AND FAIRMONT THROUGH 245 PM. AT 155 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YORK NEAR HENDERSON AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL UPTO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...WINDS OVER 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INDOORS NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN SOME CASES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN BE AS DESTRUCTIVE AS TORNADOES. TAKE SHELTER NOW. KISNER
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.
NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 11, 2:26 AM CDT, 11 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 2:26 AM CDT, 11 hours 29 minutes before
CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 226 AM CDT WED JUN 11 1997 SEVERAL POINTS OF CONCERN INCLUDING EARLY 1ST PERIOD RAINS...POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER LATER TODAY AND LINGERING WEATHER INTO THURSDAY. LINEAR MOTION/EXTRAPOLOATION FROM 88D SHOWS LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WRN NEBRASKA CWA BY BY AM. THO NOT AS SOLID...RAINFALL DOES EXTEND INTO NW KANSAS (RAWLINS CO.) AND REMAINS ACTIVE. NOCTURNAL LOW LEVEL FLOW OF 30 KNOTS ON PROFILERS FEEDING INTO SYSTEM. THIS WAVE IS FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER QUICK MOVER IN EASTERN UTAH SEEN ON SATELLITE. STRONG DRYING NOTED ON WATER VAPOR WITH LIMITED CLOUD COVER AFTER THE INITIAL ENERGY. AVN FIELDS ARE MORE A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE NGM/ETA. WILL LEAN TOWARD THE AVN GIVEN THIS. FIRST THIS MASS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WOULD APPEAR TO INFLUECE AT LEAST THE WRN HALF OF THE CWA EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE MOVING EAST BY LATE MORNING AND DIMINISHING SOME WITH LOW LEVEL FLOW WEAKENING. INSTABILITY ALSO LESS FURTHER EAST. FEEL A MORNING BREAKOFF IN THE PACKAGE FOR THIS PRECIP. WOULD BE A GOOD START TODAY. LATER TODAY...FORECAST SOUNDINGS FROM ETA/NGM BOTH SHOW MODERATE INSTABILITY WITH FAVORABLE NUMBERS FOR SEVERE POTENTIAL. SWODY1 HAS EXTREME SRN CWA IN MODERATE RISK. THIS LOOKS REASONABLE AND SEVERE POTENTIAL MAY EXTEND FURTHER NORTHWEST GIVEN EXPECTED CLEARING AROUND MIDDAY. BUT STRONG WARM ADVECTION WILL FORM SOME CLOUDS TO LIMIT SUN AT TIMES. WILL MENTION SEVERE AND SOME HEAVY RAIN IN ZONE WORDING IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS CONSIDERING FORECAST INSTABILITY ON SOUDINGS AND STRONG DIFFERENTIAL DIVERENGE/DYNAMICS. INTERESTING LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SETTING UP FOR THE CWA. BEYOND THAT...PLAN TO DRAMATICALLY DECREASE STORM CHANCES IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ZONES FOR THURSDAY. DID NOT STRAY TO FAR FROM GOING FORECAST OTHERWISE. GRI TB 078/057/080 672 HBR TB 077/058/081 672 ODX TB 078/057/079 672 LXN TB 082/055/083 +62 BLT BB 082/061/085 481 MORITZ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 11:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-120500- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1143 AM CDT WED JUN 11 1997 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SPOTTER ACTION...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. SYNOPSIS... PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR IN MOIST UNSTABLE AIR THROUGH TONIGHT. THE FIRST BATCH OF STORMS COLD PRODUCE SOME LARGE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FROM HIGHWAY 281 EASTWARD. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL ADVANCE EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WITH SUNSHINE OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA AND KANSAS...THE AIR WILL BECOME EXTREMELY UNSTABLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO REDEVELOP THERE AND MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THOSE STATES LATE TODAY. THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL RETURN WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF STORMS. IN ADDITION...WIND PROFILES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHERN NEBRASKA WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF TORNADOES. DROZD
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 11:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-120500- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1143 AM CDT WED JUN 11 1997 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SPOTTER ACTION...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. SYNOPSIS... PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR IN MOIST UNSTABLE AIR THROUGH TONIGHT. THE FIRST BATCH OF STORMS COLD PRODUCE SOME LARGE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FROM HIGHWAY 281 EASTWARD. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL ADVANCE EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WITH SUNSHINE OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA AND KANSAS...THE AIR WILL BECOME EXTREMELY UNSTABLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO REDEVELOP THERE AND MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THOSE STATES LATE TODAY. THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL RETURN WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF STORMS. IN ADDITION...WINXD PROFILES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHERN NEBRASKA WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF TORNADOES. DROZD
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 12:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-120500- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED FIRST SYNOPSIS PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1205 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SPOTTER ACTION...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. SYNOPSIS... PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR IN MOIST UNSTABLE AIR THROUGH TONIGHT. THE FIRST BATCH OF STORMS COLD PRODUCE SOME LARGE HAIL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FROM HIGHWAY 281 EASTWARD. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL ADVANCE EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WITH SUNSHINE OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA AND KANSAS...THE AIR WILL BECOME EXTREMELY UNSTABLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO REDEVELOP THERE AND MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THOSE STATES LATE TODAY. THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL RETURN WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF STORMS. IN ADDITION...WIND PROFILES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHERN NEBRASKA WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF TORNADOES. DROZD
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 12:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-120500- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED FIRST SYNOPSIS PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1205 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SPOTTER ACTION...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. SYNOPSIS... PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR IN MOIST UNSTABLE AIR THROUGH TONIGHT. THE FIRST BATCH OF STORMS COLD PRODUCE SOME LARGE HAIL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FROM HIGHWAY 281 EASTWARD. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL ADVANCE EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WITH SUNSHINE OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA AND KANSAS...THE AIR WILL BECOME EXTREMELY UNSTABLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO REDEVELOP THERE AND MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THOSE STATES LATE TODAY. THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL RETURN WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF STORMS. IN ADDITION...WIND PROFILES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHERN NEBRASKA WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF TORNADOES. DROZD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, York | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Fillmore | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Valley | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman, Valley | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Gosper | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Sherman | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.