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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Hastings, NE

October 29, 2000Nance County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 29, 2000, 3:47 PM CST for Nance County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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, 3:47 PM CST (21:47 UTC)
Expired: Oct 29, 2000, 4:15 PM CST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Whole counties

County Nance County, NE

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 29, 4:17 PM CST	Tornado F0	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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.

663 
WUUS53 KGID 292147
SVRGRI
NEC125-292215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 415 PM CST

* AT 342 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR FULLERTON...OR ABOUT 33 MILES WEST OF
  COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...

  BELGRADE
  FULLERTON

GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM ALONG THE LOUP 
RIVER SOUTHWEST OF FULLERTON AT 330 PM.

PEOPLE IN NANCE COUNTY 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 4146 9816 4137 9823 4130 9807 4132 9775
          4151 9777 4147 9821

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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, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 2:25 PM CST, 1 hour 22 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.

09

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 29, 10:00 AM CST, 5 hours 47 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 40 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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Local storm report, Oct 29, 3:28 PM CST, 19 minutes before

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

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
,
0248 PM    3 ESE CUSHING             NE    .88 INCH HAIL
10/29/00   HOWARD

33

Special weather statement, Oct 29, 3:33 PM CST, 14 minutes before

NEZ039-040-046-047-292210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
333 PM CST SUN OCT 29 2000

...TORNADO WATCH #770 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR VALLEY...GREELEY
SHERMAN...AND HOWARD COUNTIES...

RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
THE EVENING...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED OVER
GREELEY...VALLEY...SHERMAN...AND HOWARD COUNTIES.

09

Local storm report, Oct 29, 3:42 PM CST, 5 minutes before

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

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

0310 PM    12 W FULLERTON            NE    1 INCH HAIL
10/29/00   NANCE

33

Local storm report, Oct 29, 3:46 PM CST, 1 minute before

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

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
!
0330 PM    10 SW FULLERTON           NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
10/29/00   NANCE

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, 3:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Nance	33 min

Nearby

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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.