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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Hastings, NE

June 29, 2000Phillips County, Smith County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2000, 7:43 PM CDT for Phillips County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 2 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, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Whole counties

Counties Phillips County, KS, Smith County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 29, 8:10 PM CDT	Hail 1	Agra, KS
Jun 29, 8:10 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Kensington, KS

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, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 29, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 198 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: 1642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -53 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.

288 
WUUS53 KGID 300045
SVRGRI
KSC147-183-300130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  EASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 741 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF AGRA TO 14
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLADE...OR FROM 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  PHILLIPSBURG TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  AGRA AT 755 PM CDT
  KENSINGTON AT 800 PM CDT
  CEDAR AT 815 PM CDT

PEOPLE IN SMITH AND EASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTIES 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.

THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PHILLIPS COUNTY WHICH
WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM. 

A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS COUNTY AND
NORTHWEST ROOKS COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM.

$$

LAT...LON 3999 9938 3956 9937 3957 9852 3998 9852

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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 29, 1:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 1:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 48 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, 5:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 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, 2 hours 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, 1 hour 22 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

Local storm report, Jun 29, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
638 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000

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

0630 PM    4 E ARAPAHOE              NE    1 INCH HAIL
06/29/00   FURNAS

0630 PM    4 E ARAPAHOE              NE    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/00   FURNAS

Local storm report, Jun 29, 6:57 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
657 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000

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

0640 PM    4 W BEAVER CITY           NE    65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/00   FURNAS

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:07 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

NEZ060-072-082-300100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
707 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EXPIRED AT 7 PM CDT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 513 THAT INCLUDED DAWSON...GOSPER
AND FURNAS COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA EXPIRED AT 7 PM THIS
EVENING.  THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED SEVERE
WEATHER IN AND NEAR THE WATCH WILL MOVE INTO KANSAS BY 730 PM.  RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ABOUT 10 PM...BUT THE THREAT
FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAD ENDED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

SCHURR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 7:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	26 min
Jun 29, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Rooks	46 min
Jun 29, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Rooks	51 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.