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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Hastings, NE

June 29, 2000Harlan County, Phelps County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2000, 6:30 PM CDT for Harlan County, Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 60 min. 3 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, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2000, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harlan County, NE, Phelps County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 6:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 EAtlanta, NE
Jun 29, 6:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 EOxford, NE
Jun 29, 6:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 EStamford, 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 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2000-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2000-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGID 292331
SVRGRI
NEC083-137-300030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
630 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  PHELPS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF LOOMIS TO 9
  MILES WEST OF STAMFORD...OR FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLDREGE TO
  22 MILES NORTH OF NORTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ATLANTA AT 635 PM CDT
  STAMFORD AT 640 PM CDT
  HOLDREGE AT 645 PM CDT
  RAGAN AT 655 PM CDT
  HUNTLEY AT 700 PM CDT

PEOPLE IN HARLAN AND PHELPS COUNTIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN
EXC:ESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS ARE LIKELY.

$$

KD

LAT...LON 4068 9964 4014 9963 4000 9961 4001 9919
          4062 9918

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, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 1:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 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

Local storm report, Jun 29, 5:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
519 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000

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

0510 PM    5 NW GOTHENBURG           NE    1 INCH HAIL
06/29/00   DAWSON
Local storm report, Jun 29, 5:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
528 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
3
0515 PM    GOTHENBURG                NE    1 INCH HAIL
06/29/00   DAWSON
Local storm report, Jun 29, 5:43 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
543 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000

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

0540 PM    FARNAM                    NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/00   DAWSON
Local storm report, Jun 29, 6:21 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
621 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000

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

0554 PM    5 W ELWOOD                NE    1 INCH HAIL
06/29/00   GOSPER

0600 PM    5 W ELWOOD                NE    70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/00   GOSPER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson54 min
Jun 29, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGosper52 min
Jun 29, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson15 min
Jun 29, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas50 min
Jun 29, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGosper45 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.