Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1999, 4:04 AM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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 27, 1999, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1999, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jewell County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 4:15 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Jewell, KS |
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 27, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 1150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
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 27, 1:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 1:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 152 AM CDT SUN JUN 27 1999 TSTMS STILL MAIN CHALLENGE TODAY. A LINE OF TSTMS STRETCHED ALONG NRN AND WRN CWA VCNTY OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND SUSTAINING IN LOW LEVEL MSTR CONVERGENCE. UPPER LVL DVRG WHICH WAS HANDLED WELL BY MODELS ALSO OCCURRING. UPPER DIFFLUENCE ALSO EVIDENT ON 00Z UA. STRONG NORTH WINDS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP BEHIND LINE WITH DAMAGE IN LBF. THIS COMPLEX IS FORECAST TO TRAVERSE THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...POSSIBLY WIND DMG. ALREADY SOME CONCERN ON THE BEAVER CREEK IN FURNAS COUNTY AS COPIOUS RAINS HAVE OCCURRED UPSTREAM JUST WEST OF CWA. EXPECT MCS TO PUSH BOUNDARY SOUTH WHERE SUNDAY NIGHTS CONVECTION SHOULD BE FOCUSED. ETA HANDLES THIS WELL WHILE NGM KEEPS BEST QPFS FARTHER NORTH ALONG CURRENT FRONTAL POSITION. THERE IS SOME SUPPORT FOR WDLY SCATTERED STORMS FARTHER NORTH LATE TODAY IF SOME RECOVERY OCCURS AND ALSO OVERNIGHT IF ENOUGH OVERRUNNING A.K.A. ISENTROPIC LIFT IS PRESENT NEAR 850 MB BNDRY. SO WILL KEEP SMALL POPS NORTH BUT CONCENTRATE ON THE SOUTH FOR SIGNIFICANT PCPN. FFA WILL HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE DAY SHIFT AFTER WE SEE WHAT PANS OUT BY SUNRISE. FLOODING/SVR THREATS NOTED AS PER HPC/SPC DISCNS. MCS DVLPMNT SUNDAY NIGHT SHOULD PUSH BNDRY FARTHER SOUTH SO WILL KEEP MONDAY FORECAST DRY. WILL LOWER GUIDANCE TEMPS MOST AREAS ESPLY OVER THE SOUTH WHERE NGM/AVN HAVE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR MCS. NO NEW MEDIUM RANGE DATA AND LITTLE TIME TO LOOK AT NOW. WILL RESERVE RIGHT TO CHANGE EFP IF NECESSARY IN AND EARLY MORNING UPDATE. .GID...NONE DROZD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ060-061-072>074-082>084-270600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1154 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1999 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 5 AM... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 5AM... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... ROOKS...PHILLIPS...OSBORNE AND SMITH IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... BUFFALO...KEARNEY...FRANKLIN...PHELPS...HARLAN...DAWSON...GOSPER AND FURNAS THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES THE TORNADO WATCH WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR DAWSON...GOSPER AND FURNAS COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING... AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. BE AWARE THAT HEAVY RAINS CAN FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DROZD
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ060-061-072>074-082>084-270600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1154 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1999 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 5 AM... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 5AM... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... ROOKS...PHILLIPS...OSBORNE AND SMITH IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... BUFFALO...KEARNEY...FRANKLIN...PHELPS...HARLAN...DAWSON...GOSPER AND FURNAS THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES THE TORNADO WATCH WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR DAWSON...GOSPER AND FURNAS COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING... AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. BE AWARE THAT HEAVY RAINS CAN FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DROZD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Kearney | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nance | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 2:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 2:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 2:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nance | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan, Phelps | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 2:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Merrick | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Kearney | 53 min |
| Jun 27, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan, Phelps | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 3:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 64 min |
| Jun 27, 3:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Webster | 59 min |
| Jun 27, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Merrick | 54 min |
| Jun 27, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 54 min |
| Jun 27, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 64 min |
| Jun 27, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 66 min |
| Jun 27, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 54 min |
| Jun 27, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 4:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 30 min |
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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.