Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2000, 3:07 AM CDT for Harlan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 53 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 4, 2000, 3:07 AM CDT (08:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2000, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harlan County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:10 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ragan, 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 nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 724 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGID 040808 SVRGRI NEC083-040900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 307 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 400 AM CDT * AT 305 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF RAGAN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLDREGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HUNTLEY AT 330 AM CDT ALMA AT 330 AM CDT PEOPLE IN HARLAN COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL. $$ 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 Jun 4, 2:38 AM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:38 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 238 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 2000 SHORT TERM FOCUS IS ONGOING TSRA ACRS SWRN ZONES. TSRA FORMING IN AREA OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND FRONTOGENESIS AND ARE REALIZING MODERATE CAPE UP TO ABOUT 1500 J/KG. MODELS PROG CDFNT TO MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE CWA THIS MORNING...TO I70 IN NRN KS BY 18Z. WILL MENTION SCATTERED THUNDER IN ZONES FOR MORNING HOURS. MODELS THEN BRING SOME HIGH RH AIR IN AT LOWEST LEVELS. THINK THIS IS OVERDONE GIVEN PICTURE UPSTREAM AND WILL FOLLOW THE TSRA THIS MORNING WITH PARTLY CLOUDY WORDING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND CLEAR OVERNIGHT. PDS 2 AND 3 QUIET WITH SFC AND "UPPER HIGH DOMINATING. COOLER AIR TO RULE THROUGHOUT WITH A RETURN TO SLY SFC COMPONENT LATE MONDAY. GUIDANCE TEMPS REASONABLE. .GID...NONE. BARRITT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 915 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 2000 NEZ039-040-046-047-060-061-072-073-082-083-040330- BUFFALO-DAWSON-FURNAS-GOSPER-GREELEY-HARLAN-HOWARD-PHELPS-SHERMAN- VALLEY- 915 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 2000 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHED ISSUED EARLIER HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... DAWSON...BUFFALO...GOSPER...PHELPS...FURNAS...HARLAN. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE VALLEY... GREELEY...HOWARD AND SHERMAN COUNTIES. REMEMBER...ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR NANCE...MERRICK AND POLK COUNTIES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. MORITZ
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 10:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1011 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 2000 NEZ039>041-046>049-040415- GREELEY-HOWARD-MERRICK-NANCE-POLK-SHERMAN-VALLEY- 1011 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 2000 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 415 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... VALLEY...SHERMAN...HOWARD...AND GREELEY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 416 REMAINS IN EFFEC\T FOR NANCE...MERRICK AND POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 2 AM. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. MORITZ
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
NEZ041-048-049-040530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1211 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 2000 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 417 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... POLK...NANCE AND MERRICK. SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. 10
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.