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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2000, 8:54 PM CDT for Furnas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2000, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2000, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Furnas County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1425 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGID 210200 COR SVRGRI NEC065-210245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...ADDED TORNADO POTENTIAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 854 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FURNAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 851 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HOLBROOK...OR ABOUT 29 MILES EAST OF MCCOOK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ARAPAHOE AT 905 PM CDT HENDLEY AT 915 PM CDT EDISON AT 920 PM CDT BEAVER CITY AT 930 PM CDT HOLLINGER AT 935 PM CDT PEOPLE IN FURNAS COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. $$ LAT...LON 4032 10018 4001 10014 4002 9966 4033 9967 NNNN DEG
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 Jul 20, 2:27 PM CDT, 6 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 2:27 PM CDT, 6 hours 27 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 227 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2000 TSTM CHCS/TIMING REMAIN THE PROBLEM A COUPLE OF SFC BOUNDARIES TO NOTE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTN...ONE OF WHICH EXTENDS FROM BETWEEN KCDR/KAIA TO KODX TO KTQE. THE SECOND BOUNDARY STRETCHES ALONG I-70 IN NORTHERN KANSAS. OVERALL FLOW WEST/NORTHWEST WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE TROFS. THE NEXT WAVE OF CONSEQUENCE CURRENTLY LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA AND THIS WAVE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THRU CWA THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED NR AFOREMENTIONED BOUNDARIES AND COVERAGE SHLD INCREASE THIS REMAINDER OF AFTN/EVE AS WAVE ADVANCES. LAPS DATA INDICATES CAPES OF 1500 J/KG AND WEAK CAP IN WESTERN/SOUTHERN CWA WHICH IS INCLUDED IN SPC DY1 SLGHT RISK...AND SPC DISCUSSION DETAILS SVR POTENTIAL. ZONE WORDING FOR TONIGHT WILL BE WORDED AS SCT TSTMS. ADDITIONAL TSTMS TONIGHT IN EASTERN CO WILL ALSO BE OF CONCERN FOR SOUTHERN COUNTIES AS CONVECTION ORGANIZES INTO MCS AND MOVES E/SE INTO CWA LATE. BEYOND TONIGHT...MODELS HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY TIMING AND DETERMING EFFECT OF WAVES IN THIS W/NW FLOW REGIME...HOWEVER UNTIL WESTERN US RIDGE BUILDS FURTHER EAST OVER THE WEEKEND...SOME CHC FOR TSTMS REMAINS. FOLLOWED CLOSER TO ETA/MESOETA SOLUTIONS FOR FORECAST. BOUNDARIES ARE PUSHED SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN KS/OKLAHOMA FROM CONVECTION TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH AND EAST FROM DAKOTAS WITH WEAK RETURN FLOW SETTING UP. THIS WILL PROVIDE AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE TO ALREADY JUICY ATMOSPHERE. MODEL TIMING OF NEXT WAVE DIVING S THROUGH WESTERN NEBRASKA OCCURS FRIDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME...HOWEVER CANNOT RULE AT THE POSSIBILITY OF SCT STORMS DURING THE DAY. MODELS/SPC DY2 OUTLOOK KEY IN ON MCS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA FRIDAY NIGHT AND TRACKING S/SE. WILL PLACE HIGHEST POPS IN SOUTHWEST/WESTERN COUNTIES. SATURDAY SHLD SEE A FAIR AMNT OF SUNSHINE AND WILL DOWNPLAY TSTM CHCS WITH THE IDEA THAT TIMING SHLD BE LATE. AS FAR AS TEMPS...WILL NOT DEVIATE MUCH FROM GUIDANCE. IN THE EXTENDED...WILL KEEP TSTM CHCS IN FCST SAT NIGHT/SUNDAY BEFORE RIDGE BUILDS EAST. DRY MONDAY...BUT TSTM CHCS MAY RETURN AS EARLY AS MONDAY NIGHT AS PACIFIC NORTHWEST SYSTEM APPROACHES AND FLATTENS RIDGE. FOR NOW WILL RETURN TSTM CHCS TO FCST TUESDAY. .GID...NONE. FAY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 20, 6:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
612 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0610 PM 3 S LOOMIS NE 1 INCH HAIL
07/20/00 PHELPS
0610 PM 5 S LOOMIS NE 2.5 INCH HAIL
07/20/00 PHELPSLocal storm report, Jul 20, 6:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
629 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0627 PM HOLDREGE NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/20/00 PHELPSLocal storm report, Jul 20, 6:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
639 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
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0618 PM HOLDREGE NE 2.75 INCH HAIL
07/20/00 PHELPSLocal storm report, Jul 20, 6:54 PM CDT, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
654 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0637 PM ORLEANS NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/20/00 HARLANLocal storm report, Jul 20, 7:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
702 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0640 PM 3 S FUNK NE .75 INCH HAIL
07/20/00 PHELPSSpecial weather statement, Jul 20, 8:37 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
NEZ060-061-210230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 837 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2000 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR PEOPLE IN DAWSON AND BUFFALO COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA NEAR THE NEBRASKA AND KANSAS BORDER. HOWEVER...NO ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED NORTH OF THE PLATTE RIVER THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE TRACKS INTO THE AREA FROM EASTERN WYOMING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM EITHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. NNNN DEG
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.