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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Hastings, NE

June 20, 2000Jewell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2000, 12:17 AM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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: Jun 20, 2000, 12:17 AM CDT (05:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2000, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Whole counties

County Jewell County, KS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 19, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 231 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: 468 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.1

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The text

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

434 
WUUS53 KGID 200517
SVRGRI
KSC089-200545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1217 AM CDT TUE JUN 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1215 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MANKATO...OR ABOUT 34 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LOVEWELL STATE PARK AT 1230 AM CDT
  WEBBER AT 1235 AM CDT

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN JEWELL 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 GOLFBALLS ARE LIKELY.

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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 Jun 19, 3:32 PM CDT, 8 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:32 PM CDT, 8 hours 45 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
332 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2000

...AMMENDED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM...

MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE IS TSRA CHANCES TONITE. WV
SATL PIX AND PROFILERS SHOW UPPER LEVEL PATTERN PROGRESSIVELY
ALTERING. TO THE WEST UPPER TROF NEAR THE PAC NW CONTINUES TO DIG
SOUTHWARD WITH ACCOMPANYING MOISTURE. ELSEWHERE RIDGE AXIS HAS
SHIFTED EAST OF THE CWA. AT THE SFC LOW PRESSURE OVER NW SD WITH
ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT EXTENDING EASTWARD ALONG THE ND/SD BORDER WITH
A WEAKER SECONDARY WARM FRONT ALSO INDICATED ACROSS SE KS. MEANWHILE
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO PUMP MOISTURE INTO THE CWA. DRY
LINE FOUND THRU SW SD/WRN NEB/WRN KS.

AS FOR THE MODELS THE NGM IS STILL THE QUICKEST BRINGING THE
COLD FRONT INTO THE CWA TONITE...WHILE THE ETA IS NEXT FOLLOWED BY
THE AVN. THE NGM MAY BE A BIT TOO AGGRESSIVE WITH THE TIMING OF THE
FRONT DUE TO IT POSSIBLY OVER EXAGGERATING THE DEEPENING AND
SOUTHWARD EXTENT OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROF OVER TIME. ETA SOLUTION
PREFERRED.

TONITE...CONVECTION EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTN OVER
WESTERN NEB ALONG SFC TROF/DRY LINE IN A LINE FROM NEAR VTN TO JUST
WEST OF LBF. THIS TROF WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST INTO MOISTURE
RICH...UNSTABLE AIR MASS. A LOOK AT LATEST LAPS DATA SUGGEST THIS
AREA ALREADY VERY UNSTABLE WITH CAPES AOA 2400 J/KG AND LI'S AOB -6
WITH DEW POINTS ALREADY INTO THE 60S. WV LOOP INDICATING VORT MAX
INVOF AREA WHICH SHOULD HELP DESTABILIZE ATM EVEN FURTHER. ATTM
OVERALL IT LOOKS AS IF BEST CHANCES FOR PCPN WILL BE NE OF THE CWA...
OVER THE ERN DAKOTAS AND WRN MIN. AS FOR THE CWA...BEST CHANCES SEEM
TO BE FOR AREAS MAINLY NORTH OF GRI. KS CWA APPEARS TO BE ON TAIL END
OF SYSTEM SO WILL GO WITH SMALL POPS DOWN THERE. SEVERE POTENTIAL
TONITE WITH STORMS THAT DEVELOP. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL SEEM
TO BE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT GIVEN INCREASING PROGGED VALUES OF EHI...
VGP AND BRNSHR...ONE CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW ROTATING SUPERCELLS THIS
EVENING. OTHERWISE TRAILING COLD FRONT TO CRASH THRU THE CWA
SOMETIME TOWARDS DAWN IN NEB CWA.

.TUESDAY...TIME SECTIONS SUGGEST CLOUDS SHOULD SUBSIDE DURING THE
LATE MORNING HOURS FOR THE MOST PART. WILL ADD SMALL POPS THOUGH FOR
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FOR ANY LINGERING TSRA'S. FWC SUGGESTS WINDS
NW 20-30 THRU THE DAY SO WILL GO WINDY ENTIRE CWA. CAA BEHIND FRONT
NOT ALL THAT GREAT. MOST PLACES SHOULD SEE TEMPS NEAR 80 REALIZED BY
DAYS END.

.TUESDAY NITE AND WED...NW FLOW SHOULD PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUBSIDENCE
ACROSS THE AREA AS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM SHIFTS EASTWARD. TEMPS
RATHER COOL OVERNITE WITH HIGHS AGAIN IN THE LOWER 80S EXPECTED. IN
THE MEANTIME RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE WRN US WHICH EVENTUALLY WITH
SHOOT WARMER TEMPS BACK INTO OUR CWA WITHIN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...
WHICH APPEARS TO BE DRY AS WELL.

GID...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM FOR
      KSZ005>007-017>019
      NEZ039-040-046-047-060>062-072>075-082>085.

DEE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 10:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
939 PM CST MON JUN 19 2000

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

0601 PM    ELWOOD                    NE   70 MPH WIND GUST
06/19/00   GOSPER

0609 PM    LEXINGTON                 NE   WIND DAMAGE
06/19/00   DAWSON                         LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN

0620 PM    6 N ELWOOD                NE   WIND DAMAGE
06/19/00   GOSPER                         TREES DOWN

0620 PM    5 SW LEXINGTON            NE   WIND DAMAGE
06/19/00   DAWSON                         TREES DOWN

0715 PM    3 W BERTRAND              NE   1 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   DAWSON

0725 PM    6 NE ARCADIA              NE   TORNADO
06/19/00   VALLEY

0728 PM    ORD                       NE   2.75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   VALLEY

0742 PM    ELM CREEK                 NE   .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   BUFFALO

KD

Local storm report, Jun 19, 10:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1059 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2000

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

0727 PM    5 N BERTRAND              NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   PHELPS

0745 PM    7 NE ORD                  NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   VALLEY

0745 PM    KEARNEY                   NE    .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   BUFFALO

0847 PM    1 E WILSONVILLE           NE    1 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   FURNAS

0900 PM    8 N HOLDREGE              NE    .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   PHELPS

0900 PM    WILSONVILLE               NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   FURNAS

0902 PM    3 SW JUNIATA              NE    TORNADO
06/19/00   ADAMS

0925 PM    MINDEN                    NE    .88 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   KEARNEY

0936 PM    3 S HOLSTEIN              NE    TORNADO
06/19/00   ADAMS

0948 PM    2 S HASTINGS              NE    .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   ADAMS

0953 PM    3 NE HASTINGS             NE    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/19/00   ADAMS

0957 PM    7 NE AXTELL               NE    FLOOD
06/19/00   KEARNEY                         WATER OVER THE ROAD

0958 PM    2 E ORLEANS               NE    .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   HARLAN

1008 PM    ROSELAND                  NE    WIND DAMAGE
06/19/00   ADAMS                           TREE DAMAGE

1025 PM    HASTINGS                  NE    FLOOD
06/19/00   ADAMS                           STREET FLOODING

1025 PM    HILDRETH                  NE    1 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   FRANKLIN

Local storm report, Jun 19, 11:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR DAYLIGHT TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1112 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2000

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

0601 PM    ELWOOD                    NE   70 MPH WIND GUST
06/19/00   GOSPER

0609 PM    LEXINGTON                 NE   WIND DAMAGE
06/19/00   DAWSON                         LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN

0620 PM    6 N ELWOOD                NE   WIND DAMAGE
06/19/00   GOSPER                         TREES DOWN

0620 PM    5 SW LEXINGTON            NE   WIND DAMAGE
06/19/00   DAWSON                         TREES DOWN

0715 PM    3 W BERTRAND              NE   1 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   DAWSON

0725 PM    6 NE ARCADIA              NE   TORNADO
06/19/00   VALLEY

0728 PM    ORD                       NE   2.75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   VALLEY

0742 PM    ELM CREEK                 NE   .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   BUFFALO

KD

Local storm report, Jun 19, 11:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...RETRANSMISSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1113 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2000

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

0727 PM    5 N BERTRAND              NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   PHELPS

0745 PM    7 NE ORD                  NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   VALLEY

0745 PM    KEARNEY                   NE    .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   BUFFALO

0847 PM    1 E WILSONVILLE           NE    1 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   FURNAS

0900 PM    8 N HOLDREGE              NE    .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   PHELPS

0900 PM    WILSONVILLE               NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   FURNAS

0902 PM    3 SW JUNIATA              NE    TORNADO
06/19/00   ADAMS

0925 PM    MINDEN                    NE    .88 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   KEARNEY

0936 PM    3 S HOLSTEIN              NE    TORNADO
06/19/00   ADAMS

0948 PM    2 S HASTINGS              NE    .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   ADAMS

0953 PM    3 NE HASTINGS             NE    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/19/00   ADAMS

0957 PM    7 NE AXTELL               NE    FLOOD
06/19/00   KEARNEY                         WATER OVER THE ROAD

0958 PM    2 E ORLEANS               NE    .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   HARLAN

1008 PM    ROSELAND                  NE    WIND DAMAGE
06/19/00   ADAMS                           TREE DAMAGE

1025 PM    HASTINGS                  NE    FLOOD
06/19/00   ADAMS                           STREET FLOODING

1025 PM    HILDRETH                  NE    1 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   FRANKLIN

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 11:50 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

NEZ041-048-049-062>064-200600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1150 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2000

...UPDATE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 465...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 465 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
100 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

FILLMORE...CLAY...THAYER...NUCKOLLS...WEBSTER...FRANKLIN...
PHILLIPS...SMITH...JEWELL...MITCHELL...OSBORNE AND ROOKS.

SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS A THREAT IN THOSE COUNTIES UNTIL AT
LEAST 100 AM.

THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

POLK...YORK...HAMILTON...MERRICK...VALLEY...GREELEY...
HOWARD...SHERMAN...HALL...ADAMS...BUFFALO...KEARNEY...FURNAS...
HARLAN...PHELPS...GOSPER...DAWSON AND BUFFALO.

THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED THESE COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL STILL OCCUR...BUT THE SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT HAS MOVED SOUTH AND EAST.

MORITZ

Local storm report, Jun 19, 11:52 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1152 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2000

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

1053 PM    3 S LONG IS               KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   PHILLIPS

1110 PM    18 NE PHILLIPSBURG        KS    1.5 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   PHILLIPS

1115 PM    8 N KENSINGTON            KS    1 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   SMITH

KD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	61 min
Jun 19, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Smith	61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.