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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Hastings, NE

September 22, 2001Jewell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 22, 2001, 9:57 PM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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: Sep 22, 2001, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
Expired: Sep 22, 2001, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Whole counties

County Jewell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 22, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 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: 2845 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 4.0

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The text

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

567 
WUUS53 KGID 230258
SVRGRI
KSC089-230345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
957 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 951 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF FORMOSO...OR ABOUT 22 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE 
JEWELL...RANDALL...AND RURAL SOUTHEASTERN JEWELL COUNTY.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN JEWELL COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL OF ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER OR GREATER.

$$

GUYER

LAT...LON 3975 9818 3956 9821 3956 9793 3981 9794

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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 Sep 22, 1:50 PM CDT, 8 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 1:50 PM CDT, 8 hours 7 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
150 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

THIS PACKAGE APPEARS FAIRLY STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH THE MAIN
CHALLENGES BEING PREFRONTAL CONVECTION THIS EVENING...AND
TEMPERATURES MONDAY MORNING.

18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES THE COLD FRONT NEAR A HON-ONL-BBW-MCK-
PUB LINE AND ADVANCING EASTWARD AT A GOOD RATE.  60+ DEW POINTS
WERE POOLED JUST EAST OF THE BOUNDARY.  SATELLITE AND SURFACE
REPORTS HAD A MID CLOUD MASS EAST OF THE UPPER TROF.  THE CLOUDS
WERE PUTTING THE DAMPER ON HEATING AND WILL LIKELY INHIBIT
CONVECTION TO SOME DEGREE.

MODELS IN AGREEMENT CHASING THE FRONT THROUGH GID CWA THIS EVENING.
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ZONES MAY CATCH SOME STORMS UNTIL ABOUT 03Z.
SPC SLIGHT RISK LOOKS OK BUT LACK OF HEATING MAY KEEP STORMS FROM
BECOMING SEVERE.

FORECAST LOOKS FAIRLY SIMPLE AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE.  INCREASING
SURFACE WIND, CLEARING WITH HIGH PRESSURE SUBSIDENCE AND STRONG COLD
ADVECTION WILL SET IN. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FEATURED ON ETA TIME
HEIGHT IS A CONCERN.  STRENGTH OF COLD ADVECTION AND RESIDUAL
MOISTURE POINT TOWARD COLD AIR ST OR SC AT LEAST SUNDAY MORNING.
EXPECT THE LOW CLOUDS TO HOLD TEMPERATURES BELOW FWC TOMORROW.

FOCUS THEN SHIFTS TO THE CLEARING SKY, LIGHT WINDS AND COLD H85
TEMPERATURES THAT COULD RESULT IN THE FIRST FROST OF THE SEASON
MONDAY MORNING.  FAN LOOKS A BIT COOL, BUT COULD BE ON THE MARK IF
LOW CLOUDS HOLD MOST OF SUNDAY.

EXTENDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY LOOKS BENIGN WITH OMEGA BLOCK IN PLACE.
AVN, MRF AND CANADIAN MODELS PUSH A STRONG UPPER LOW INTO THE BLOCK
AND THEN ONTO THE PLAINS THURSDAY.  UK AND ENSEMBLE DISAGREE ON
THIS FEATURE.  FEEL A CHANCE FOR TSTMS THU NIGHT INTO FRI IS THE
BEST CHOICE BASED PRIMARILY ON THE 120 HR AVN FCST.

.GID...NONE.

SCHURR

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 22, 8:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
843 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

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

0815 PM    4 W SHICKLEY              NE    TORNADO
09/22/01   FILLMORE

0815 PM    1 E ONG                   NE    TORNADO
09/22/01   CLAY

0830 PM    MC COOL JCT               NE    1.25 INCH HAIL
09/22/01   YORK

Local storm report, Sep 22, 9:03 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
903 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

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

0855 PM    5 N SUPERIOR              NE    1 INCH HAIL
09/22/01   NUCKOLLS

Local storm report, Sep 22, 9:22 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
922 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

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

0900 PM    SUPERIOR                  NE    1 INCH HAIL
09/22/01   NUCKOLLS

Local storm report, Sep 22, 9:40 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
940 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

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

0935 PM    FORMOSO                   KS    .75 INCH HAIL
09/22/01   JEWELL

0935 PM    WEBBER                    KS    .75 INCH HAIL
09/22/01   JEWELL

0935 PM    MANKATO                   KS    .75 INCH HAIL
09/22/01   JEWELL

Local storm report, Sep 22, 9:42 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
942 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

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

0736 PM    10 E CLAY CENTER          NE    1 INCH HAIL
09/22/01   CLAY

Special weather statement, Sep 22, 9:45 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

NEZ049-063-064-075>077-085>087-230314-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
945 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 752 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
ADAMS...CLAY...FILLMORE...YORK...HAMILTON...POLK...WEBSTER...NUCKOLLS
AND THAYER COUNTIES.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA...ENDING THE
SEVERE THREAT FOR TONIGHT.

REPORT ANY INCIDENTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

09

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 22, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	69 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.