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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2000, 1:37 AM CDT for Howard County, Nebraska. It was in force for 23 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
- Jul 28, 2000, 1:37 AM CDT (06:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2000, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Howard County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 1:40 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Elba, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 3838 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1184 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 12.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
178 WUUS53 KGID 280637 SVRGRI NEC093-280700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 137 AM CDT FRI JUL 28 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 200 AM CDT * AT 133 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ELBA...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN HOWARD COUNTY. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN HOWARD COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS ARE LIKELY. $$ NNNN
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 27, 2:34 PM CDT, 11 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 2:34 PM CDT, 11 hours 3 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 234 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2000 ...MAIN CONCERN IS FOR PCPN OVERNIGHT... A LOOK AT WV SATL IMAGERY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS A NUMBER VORTS RIDING OVER AND THRU THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WHICH IS SLOWLY PROGRESSING EASTWARD INTO THE MID SECTIONS OF THE US. AT THE SFC UNORGANIZED LOW PRESSURE WAS SITUATED TO THE WEST OVER THE HIGH PLAINS WITH HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED NEAR THE GREAT LAKES. CLOSER TO OUR CWA...THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUE3S TO DESTABILIZE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH WEST NEBRASKA WHERE DAYTIME HEATING AND MOISTURE POOLING PREVAILS. MSAS DATA IN THAT AREA INDICATES LIS AOB -10 WITH SFC DEW POINT TEMPS IN THE LOWER 70S. THUNDERSTORMS PRESENTLY BEGINNING TO FIRE SOUTH OF THE CWA IN CENTRAL KANSAS IN ASSOCIATION WITH LOW LEVEL SPEED CONVERGENCE AND WAA LIFT. AS FOR THE MODELS...THEYVE DONE A FAIR JOB INITIALIZING ON THE LARGE SCALE OVER THE CONUS. BUT LOOKING CLOSER AT THE CENTRAL PLAINS THE MODELS HAVE DIFFERING SOLUTIONS ON TIMING OF VORTS RIDING THRU THE RIDGE IN THE NORTHERLY FLOW OVER THE NEXT 24HRS. A LOOK SATL PIX MAY SUGGEST THAT THE ETA/AVN MAY BE MORE ON TRACK. TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS REASONABLE ACROSS THE CWA. AS VORT MAX MOVE THRU THE AREA THIS WILL HELP DESTABILIZE AND BREAK DOWN MODERATE CINH. COMPLEX SHOULD START SOMEWHERE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND WORK ITS WAY INTO NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. AS FOR SEVERE POTENTIAL...SUPERCELLS SEEM RATHER UNLIKELY AS PROGGED SFC-6KM WIND SHEAR REMAINS WELL BELOW 40KTS. GIVEN THE LACK OF SHEAR EVENT LOOKS MORE MULTICELL WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT AS WELL AS SOME HAIL ALSO. THEREFORE WILL COVER ENTIRE CWA WITH LIKELY WORDING. FRIDAY...EXPECT LINGERING SHOWERS DURING THE MORNING HOURS OVER KANSAS CWA. AS UPPER DISTURBANCE EXITS THOUGH...DECEASING CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON VIA SUBSIDENCE SHOULD PREVAIL. SOME DAYTIME HEATING EXPECTED WHICH SHOULD HELP TEMPS BE REALIZED NEAR GUIDANCE FORECAST. FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...DRY CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL WITH PCPN FOUND FURTHER SOUTHEAST OF THE CWA WHERE BETTER DYNAMICAL FORCING AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL EXIST. FAN POPS LOOK A LITTLE AND TEMPS BIT TOO COOL. WILL TREND MORE TOWARDS FWC HERE. .GID...NONE DEE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 61 min |
| Jul 28, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley | 50 min |
| Jul 28, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams | 29 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.