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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Hastings, NE

June 15, 1997Phillips County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1997, 10:48 PM CDT for Phillips County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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
Jun 15, 1997, 10:48 PM CDT (03:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1997, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Phillips County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 11:07 PM CDTHail 1Logan, KSThunderstorms that moved out of south-central Nebraska produced some large hail near Logan. Crops in this area were damaged.

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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1997-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 927 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1997-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
927 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRI 160349 RRA
SVRGRI
KSC147-160430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1048 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS NE  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...WESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY
 
AT 1040PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING SOUTHEAST
TOWARD PHILLIPSBURG AND LOGAN.
 
THE STORM...LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF PHILLIPSBURG OR 6 MILES WEST OF
PRAIRIE VIEW WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  THE STORM WILL MOVE BETWEEPRAIRIE VIEW AND LOGAN AND REACH LOGAN BETWEEN 11 AND 1115PM.
 
LARGE HAIL TO NEAR AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A QUARTER IN DIAMETER IS
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
 
PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD GET INTO A REINFORCED SHELTER FOR
PROTECTION FROM DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
 
JB/LEW
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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 15, 2:49 PM CDT, 7 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:49 PM CDT, 7 hours 59 minutes before
CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
248 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 1997

MAIN QUESTION IS WHETHER THERE WILL BE ANY CONVECTION IN THE CWA WITH
FROPA.

18Z SFC CHART HAD COLD FRONT YKN-BBW-GLD WITH SEVERAL TROFS AHEAD OF IT.
UEX 88D HAD AT LEAST 5 BOUNDARIES SHOWING UP WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT TRIGGER
CONVECTION. 60+ DEW POINTS OVER MOST OF THE CWA WITH SLIGHTLY LESS
MOISTURE WORKING ITS WAY IN FROM THE NORTH AND WEST. ALOFT CLOSED LOW
REMAINS IN THE DESERT SW KICKING OUT PIECES OF ENERGY AND ANOTHER S/W
MOVING ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS.

HANDLING OF THE CLOSED LOW DIFFERNT IN THE MODELS TODAY WITH THE ETA
MOVING IT THE FASTEST TO THE EAST. THE NGM/AVN SIMILIAR IN ITS LOCATIONS
BUT THE NGM FILLS IT MORE THAN THE AVN. IN ANY EVENT NGM/AVN PATTERN
PREFERRED AND BY 48 HRS THE UPPER LOW PROGGED TO BE IN THE TX P/H.
AFTER NRN STREAM TROF PASSES THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING FLOW ALOFT
BECOMES NW ACROSS THE CWA. LOOKS LIKE FRONT HANGS UP IN SRN KS/OK AND
COULD BE SOME HEAVY RAINS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS BUT FEEL THIS
WILL BE ALL SOUTH OF THE HSA.

LOOKS TO ME LIKE THE HSI CWA IS PROBABLY OUT FROM UNDER THE GUN FOR ANY
SEVERE WX THIS EVENING BUT JUST TO THE EAST AND SOUTH WHEN THE FRONT
HITS THE 65 DEW POINTS IT COULD BE ANOTHER MATTER. PROBABLY COULD
HAVE A FEW ISOLATED TRW IN THE KS CWA TONIGHT BUT FOR THE MOST PART
THINK WE MAY HAVE MISSED OUT ON ANY BIG OUTBREAKS TODAY. SO CLOUDS
SHOULD BE SCATTER OUT TONIGHT AND THEN MAINLY FAIR WEATHER FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES COOLER ON MONDAY BUT WARM UP
AGAIN ON TUESDAY.

GRI BB 060/081/064/084 -000
HBR BB 063/080/062/082 1000
ODX BB 058/080/060/081 -000
LXN BB 057/080/062/082 -000
BLT BB 065/082/066/085 3000

GRIFFITH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 9:49 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  HASTINGS NE
950 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0815 PM    ROCKVILLE                 NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/15/97   SHERMAN

0828 PM    BOELUS                    NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/15/97   HOWARD

0850 PM    4 SW CAIRO                NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/15/97   HALL                           CROP DAMAGE

0905 PM    ALDA                      NE   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/15/97   HALL

DROZD
Local storm report, Jun 15, 9:50 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  HASTINGS NE
950 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0815 PM    ROCKVILLE                 NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/15/97   SHERMAN

0828 PM    BOELUS                    NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/15/97   HOWARD

0850 PM    4 SW CAIRO                NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/15/97   HALL                           CROP DAMAGE

0905 PM    ALDA                      NE   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/15/97   HALL

DROZD
Local storm report, Jun 15, 10:38 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  HASTINGS NE
1039 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1015 PM    6 S ARAPAHOE              NE   1.25 INCH HAIL
06/15/97   FURNAS

DROZD
Local storm report, Jun 15, 10:39 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  HASTINGS NE
1039 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1015 PM    6 S ARAPAHOE              NE   1.25 INCH HAIL
06/15/97   FURNAS

DROZD

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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.