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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Hastings, NE

October 29, 2000Greeley County, Nance County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 29, 2000, 3:12 PM CST for Greeley County, Nance County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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: Oct 29, 2000, 3:12 PM CST (21:12 UTC)
Expired: Oct 29, 2000, 3:45 PM CST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Whole counties

Counties Greeley County, NE, Nance County, NE

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 29, 3:30 PM CST	Hail 1.75	Fullerton, 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
Oct 29, 11:45 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGID 292113
SVRGRI
NEC077-125-292145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
312 PM CST SUN OCT 29 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREELEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  WESTERN NANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 345 PM CST

* AT 308 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 33 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND...MOVING
  NORTH AT 30 MPH. 

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS OF 
SOUTHEASTERN GREELEY AND WESTERN NANCE COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM 
CST.

WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF 
THE NANCE COUNTY LINE AT 308 PM.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN GREELEY AND WESTERN NANCE COUNTIES SHOULD 
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

$$

&

LAT...LON 4140 9830 4132 9820 4147 9818 4153 9839
          4140 9838

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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 Oct 29, 2:25 PM CST, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 2:25 PM CST, 47 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
225 PM CST SUN OCT 29 2000

THREAT OF FUNNELS AND TORNADOES FOR THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA
WL LINGER THROUGH LATE AFTN AS NEGATIVELY TILTED LOW TRUNDLES NEWD.
19Z PROFILERS SHOW TROF AXIS CUTTING ACRS THE HEART OF THE CWA WITH
NMRS SHRA/TSRA ACRS CWA.

SATELLITE INDS SOME BINOVC TO THE W OF THE AREA...AND EXPECT CLEARING
LTR THIS EVE UNDER POST SYS SBSDNC...CURRENT PROG OF DVLPG FOG AFT
MIDNIGHT WITH RESIDUAL MSTR LKS FINE.  INSOLATION UNDR SHRTWV RIDGE
ON MON AND LGT SRLY WND WL SPPRT A HEALTHY TEMP RECOVERY...WL SPLIT
GUIDANCE NMBRS AND GO ARND 70 FOR THE HIGH.

WL INTRO RA FOR CWA ON TUE AFTN AS NXT SYS...CURRENTLY SLIDING ASHORE
OVR CA BGNS ITS APPROACH.  AS STORM IS VERY SIMILIAR TO TDAS...WL
TREAT IT AS SUCH WITH LIKELY POPS OVR SRN CWA...WITH PCPN SPREADING
NWD INTO THE EFP.

IN THE EFP...MRF/UKMO/CANADIAN ARE SIMILIAR IN HANDLING OF THIS NXT
RA MAKER.  CANADIAN HAS IT FURTHER N THAN OTHER MDLS AND MRF IS
DEEPER ALOFT WITH A 100 M 5H HT FALL FROM 72 TO 84 HRS. WL KP THE
LIKELY MENTION IN TUE NGT AND WED PORTION OF EFP. THU AND FRI
CURRENTLY LK DRY AS THE THREE AFORE-MENTIONED MDLS PROG A RIDGE OVR
THE CNTRL PLNS AS TDAS ALEUTIAN LOW DIGS TWD SRN CA.

.GID...NONE.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 29, 10:00 AM CST, 5 hours 12 minutes before

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-292100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK - SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1000 AM CST SUN OCT 29 2000

...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OVER PARTS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST 4 PM TODAY...EAST
OF A LINE FROM OSBORNE KANSAS...TO MINDEN...TO LEXINGTON NEBRASKA.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...BUT
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.
AS THE LOW PASSES...COLD AIR ALOFT TEAMED WITH SOME BREAKS IN
THE CLOUD COVER...WILL LEAD TO A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS.
WIND FIELDS NEAR THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR
ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...INCLUDING SMALL SUPERCELLS.
IN TURN...THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF TORNADOES WILL EXIST WITH THE
STRONGEST STORMS. DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE LOW...THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE NORTH OR NORTHWEST.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD BE MONITOR
THIS SITUATION CLOSELY...AND BE PREPARED FOR QUICK DEPLOYMENT.
RESIDENTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY...SHOULD A
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.

MORITZ

Local storm report, Oct 29, 2:07 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
207 PM CST SUN OCT 29 2000

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

0120 PM    1E GLENVIL                NE    TORNADO
10/29/00   CLAY                            BRIEF TOUCHDOWN

0129 PM    INLAND                    NE    TORNADO
10/29/00   CLAY                            BRIEF TOUCHDOWN

MORITZ

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 29, 10:26 AM CST	Tornado Warning	GID	Hall	34 min
Oct 29, 1:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	GID	Adams, Clay	25 min
Oct 29, 2:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Howard, Merrick, Nance	48 min
Oct 29, 3:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nance	28 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.