Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1997, 5:23 PM CDT for Valley County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 min. 2 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, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1997, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Valley County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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, 6:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Ord, NE | |
| Jun 11, 6:25 PM CDT | Hail 2.25 | Arcadia, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
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.
NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 11, 2:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 2:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 253 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997 TSTMS AND TEMPS MAIN CHALLENGES. LONE SVR STORM CURRENTLY RUMBLING ACROSS ERN CWA IN AREA OF SFC MSTR CONVG INVOF H7 S/W CLEARLY EVIDENT ON PROFILERS. ALSO SHOWN IS LFQ OF H3 JET ON PROFILERS. WV IMGRY SHOWS SECONDARY S/W HAS CAUGHT UP WITH REMNANT CONVECTION FROM THIS MORNING/INITIAL S/W. THIS HAS INTENSIFIED STORMS ATTM. AT CURRENT MOVMENT...THESE SHOULD BE OUT OF AREA BY ISSUANCE TIME. FARTHER WEST...CLEARING HAS OCCURRED WITH TEMPS NEAR 80. WRN EDGE OF MSTR AXIS EXTENDS ACROSS WC NEBR INTO WRN KS INTO LOW VCNTY OF VTN. ADAP CONTINUES TO INDCT BEST MSTR CONVG OVER NW NEBR/SW SDAK AND INTO NW KS. WHILE SOME STORMS COULD FORM ALONG MSTR GRAD/TROF... NO UPPER SHORT WAVE EVIDENT ON PROFS OR WV IMGRY. THE LOW IS PROGGED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AND DROP A WIND SHIFT SOUTH WITH IT OVERNIGHT. ANY THAT DO FORM COULD BE SVR AS PER SWODY1. COULD BE MORE LATE TNGT ALONG SFC BNDRY SO WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO TIME PCPN OVERNIGHT . WHILE FWC GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO HIT TSTMS PROBS HARD THRU PERIOD... WILL STAY WELL BLO NUMBERS. ONE JET MAX HEADING NE ACROSS NEVADA ATTM MAY COME INTO PLAY TOMORROW...HWVR WITH SFC BNDRY SOUTH OF FA... BETTER CHANCES SHUD BE THU NGT. WITH NEW UPPER LOW OVER SW US...SERIES OF WAVES EJECTING OUT OF IT... AM NOT CONFIDENT IN MODELS DEPICTION OF THESE FEATURES FOR LATTER PDS OF FCST. WILL CONTINUE BLANKET POPS THU NGT INTO FRIDAY. TEMPWISE... PREFER ETA WITH MOVMNT OF SFC LOW TAKING IT FARTHER SOUTH BY THURS. THEREFORE...WILL GO WITH COOLER FAN READINGS FOR MAXES THURSDAY. FWC/FAN COMPRMS LOOKS IN ORDER FOR REMAINING PDS. GRI BB 060/076/058/075 6133 ODX BB 059/076/057/075 6133 LXN BB 057/077/056/078 6133 HBR BB 062/080/060/079 5233 BEL BB 064/083/062/080 4333 DROZD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 11:43 AM CDT, 5 hours 40 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, 5 hours 39 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, 5 hours 19 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, 5 hours 18 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, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, York | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Fillmore | 31 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
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.