Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2000, 4:51 PM CDT for Dawson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 54 min. 4 reports 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 29, 2000, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2000, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dawson County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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 29, 5:10 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Gothenburg, NE | |
| Jun 29, 5:40 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Farnam, NE | |
| Jun 29, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Farnam, NE | |
| Jun 29, 5:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 E | Farnam, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1503 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGID 292153 SVRGRI NEC047-292245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 451 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 449 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF GOTHENBURG TO 20 MILES WEST OF GOTHENBURG...OR FROM 27 MILES WEST OF BROKEN BOW TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... GOTHENBURG AT 510 PM CDT WILLOW ISLAND AT 515 PM CDT COZAD AT 520 PM CDT FARNAM AT 520 PM CDT PEOPLE IN WESTERN DAWSON COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. $$ KD LAT...LON 4144 10019 4070 10025 4070 9976 4103 9978 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 29, 1:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 1:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 155 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000 QUESTION IS EXTENT OF TSTMS TONIGHT RADAR MOSAIC SHOWS TSTMS OCCURRING ATTM IN NC/NW NEBRASKA ASSOCIATED WITH PROMINENT H7 WAVE CURRENTLY EVIDENT FROM PROFILERS/WV IMAGERY IN EASTERN WY. H85/H3 THICKNESS AND STEERING WINDS TAKE THIS PCPN AREA SOUTHEAST THROUGH NEB LATER THIS AFTN/EVENING. 18Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS DPS IN THE 50S ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA WITH DPS HANGING BACK IN THE MID/UPPER 40S IN CENTRAL NEB. LAPS DATA INDICATES HIGHEST CAPES OF 1400 J/KG IN SW NEB. XPCT TSTMS TO ALSO DEVELOP IN HIGH PLAINS AS AFTN WEARS ON NR DRY LINE AND MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO BETTER MOISTURE. WILL KEEP HIGHEST POPS...OR WORD AS SCATTERED/CATEGORIAL IN WESTERN CWA DEPENDING ON RADAR PICTURE AT ZONE TIME. WESTERN TIER ZONES ALSO COVERED IN SVR TSTM WATCH TIL 7 PM. WILL CARRY 50 PCNT POPS IN EASTERN COUNTIES TONIGHT...UNLESS RADAR INDICATES OTHERWISE. BEYOND TONIGHT...FCST REVOLVES AROUND TEMPS. HGHT RISES WITH BUILDING UPPER RIDGE...WITH UPPER NW FLOW. SFC FLOW FRIDAY WEAK WITH LIGHT SOUTH WINDS BECMG SOUTHEAST. WESTERN CWA MAY SEE UPPER 80S IN DRIER AIR AND OVERALL WILL RANGE HIGHS 88-83 WEST TO EAST. WILL KEEP FCST DRY VS SLGHT POPS AS MOISTURE/INSTABILITY SHIFTS SOUTHEAST. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT LOW/MID 60S. UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD SATURDAY AND H85 TEMPS INCREASE TO 25-30C. TIGHT SFC GRADIENT ACROSS KANSAS AND WILL MENTION EITHER BREEZY/WINDY CONDITIONS. OTHERWISE WARM DAY WITH HIGHS 90-95 ATTM...WHICH MAY BE CONSERVATIVE. IN THE EXTENDED...60HR PROGS SHOW SHORTWAVE POISED TO MOVE THRU AREA SAT NIGHT WITH EXTENDED MODELS ADVANCING ANOTHER WAVE SUNDAY NIGHT. CAP STRENGTHENS WITH BUILDING RIDGE BUT FOR NOW WILL INCLUDE TSTM CHANCES DURING THESE TIME FRAMES AND REFINE IN LATER FCSTS. LOWS GENERALLY 65-70...HIGHS 90S. .GID...NONE. FAY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 11:12 AM CDT, 5 hours 39 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 1112 AM CDT THU JUN 29 2000 ...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SLOWLY RETURNS. THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ARE EXPECTED TO TURN SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON...AND EVENTUALLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. MORE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED IN WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...WIND PROFILES MAY SUPPORT ISOLATED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WEAK...SHORT LIVED TORNADOES. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD BE MAINLY BETWEEN 2 PM AND MIDNIGHT. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION...AND BE P\REPARED TO ACT QUICKLY IF NEED BE. MORITZ CORRECTION TO MINOR TYPO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Gosper | 52 min |
| Jun 29, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 15 min |
| Jun 29, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Gosper | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan, Phelps | 60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.