Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2000, 9:22 PM CDT for Fillmore County, York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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
- Jul 2, 2000, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fillmore County, NE, York County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 9:25 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Mc Cool Jct, NE | |
| Jul 2, 9:58 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Exeter, 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 3429 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1279 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
995 WUUS53 KGID 030223 SVRGRI NEC059-185-030300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 922 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHEASTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 917 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YORK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN YORK AND NORTHEASTERN FILLMORE COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM CDT. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN YORK AND NORTHEASTERN FILLMORE COUNTIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. $$ KD LAT...LON 4090 9739 4081 9761 4058 9739 4070 9739 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 Jul 2, 2:35 PM CDT, 6 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:35 PM CDT, 6 hours 47 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 235 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 2000 TYPICAL EARLY JULY FORECAST...HOT AND HUMID. MODELS NOT IN GREAT AGREEMENT TODAY WITH NGM THE ODD MAN OUT. AVN A LITTLE SLOWER AND WEAKER AS NORMAL SO WILL GO WITH AN ETA/AVN COMPROMISE WITH EMPHASIS ON ETA. WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY IN AREA THIS EVENING BUT WITH NO UPPER SUPPORT AND WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT...NOT MUCH TO OCCUR WITH BOUNDARY. DEW POINTS HAVE DRIED OUT IN WESTERN PORTION OF FORECAST AREA INTO THE MIDDLE 60S...BUT MIDDLE 70S REMAIN OVER EASTERN PORTION. WITH WEAK WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES...TEMPS IN DRIER AIR TO FALL BACK QUICKLY BUT MOISTURE WILL PUSH BACK INTO THE WEST. SO SHOULD SEE AN EARLY LOW WITH TEMPERATURES REBOUNDING AS MOISTURE FLOWS BACK. LOWS SHOULD RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S NORTH AND WEST TO THE MIDDLE 70S SOUTH. A HOT AND HUMID DAY FORECAST FOR MONDAY WITH NO SUPPORT FOR STORMS. TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE 90S MOST AREAS. DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO MIDDLE 70S TO MAKE FOR RATHER STUFFY DAY. WEAK UPPER WAVE TO MOVE INTO REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE...WILL CONTINUE MARGINAL CHANCE FOR STORMS. BEST CHANCES WILL BE IN THE NORTH AND WEST WHERE UPPER SUPPORT TO BE GREATER. WAVE MOVES ON EAST FOR THE HOLIDAY AND SURFACE TROF TO REMAIN OUT WEST SO IT SHOULD BE ANOTHER HOT...HUMID AND SOMEWHAT BREEZY DAY. UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES...TEMPERATURES AGAIN TO CLIMB INTO THE 90S. ANOTHER WAVE AND SURFACE TROF HELP TO BRING CHANCE FOR STORMS ON WEDNESDAY SO WILL ALSO CONTINUE CHANCES IN FIRST PERIOD OF THE EXTENDED. AFTER THAT...DONT SEE MUCH CHANGE TO THE TYPICAL SUMMER WEATHER PATTERN IN THE DROUGHT REGION OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS. TEMPERATURES TO BE AROUND 70 OVERNIGHT AND IN THE 90S DURING THE DAY. GID...NONE. KISNER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-030100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK - SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 543 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 2000 ...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA OR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS AND HAVE BEEN SPREADING VERY SLOWLY EAST. THESE STORMS COULD DEVELOP EASTWARD INTO THE STOCKTON AND PLAINVILLE AREAS THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY MODERATE TO LARGE HAIL WOULD BE THE MAIN THREATS. FARTHER NORTH....THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG A STATIONARY SURFACE BOUNDARY WHICH EXTENDS FROM GENOA TO NEAR GRAND ISLAND TO NORTH OF LEXINGTON. WHILE BUDDING STORMS HAVE BEEN QUASHED IN MID DEVELOPMENT BY WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER ATMOSPHERE THUS FAR...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO COULD GET GOING BEFORE SUNSET NEAR THIS BOUNDARY. ANY STORM THAT DOES DEVELOP WOULD LIKELY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 61 min |
| Jul 3, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Webster | 52 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.