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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Hastings, NE

June 11, 2002Smith County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2002, 2:46 AM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 11, 2002, 2:46 AM CDT (07:46 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2002, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Smith County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:47 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 226 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: 74 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -264 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 346 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGID 110746
SVRGRI
KSC183-110845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
246 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 242 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HARLAN...OR ABOUT 34 MILES EAST OF
  PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BELLAIRE AT 315 AM CDT
  LEBANON AT 325 AM CDT

PEOPLE IN EASTERN SMITH COUNTY 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 DIMES AND QUARTERS IS LIKELY.

LAT...LON 3955 9889 3957 9851 3992 9850 3995 9866

NNNN

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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 11, 2:13 AM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 2:13 AM CDT, 33 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
213 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

...FORECAST CHALLENGE LOOKS TO BE POSITION OF FRONT NEXT 24 HOURS
AND ASSOCIATED PRECIP CHANCES...

FIRST MCC HAS EXITED THE CWA WITH REDEVELOPMENT WEST AND SOUTH. THIS
ACTIVITY AHEAD OF SHORTWAVE SEEN ON 700 UPPER AIR ANALYSIS AT 0Z.
SURFACE FRONT HAS MADE IT AS FAR AS OLU TO HLC AS OF 06Z.  MCK
PROFILER SHOWS FRONT QUITE SHALLOW...ONLY UP THROUGH THREE OR FOUR
GATES.  UPPER SYSTEM ON MT/CANADA BORDER AT 0Z AND PROGGED TO MOVE
SLOWLY EAST. WITH FRONT LINING UP WITH UPPER FLOW WONT SEE MUCH OF
A PUSH NEXT 24 HOURS.

LOW LEVEL JET SET UP FOR TONIGHT WOULD GIVE BEST CHANCE OF HEAVY
RAIN OVER SOUTHERN CWA...BUT WITH UNCERTAINTY OF FRONTAL LOCATION BY
THEN WILL LEAVE HEAVY RAIN CHANCE IN SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS AS IS
ALREADY GOING IN PRESENT FORECAST.

ETA HAS 700 WAVE ENTERING NW AREA ON WED NIGHT SO WILL LEAVE POPS IN
THAT AREA AS PER PREVIOUS FORECAST. WILL CUT THIS SHORT WITH ACTIVITY
TO THE SOUTHWEST INCREASING IN INTESITY.

.GID...NONE.

EWALD

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 9:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

NEZ039-040-046-061-073-083-110350-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
950 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 407 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 407 HAS BEEN REPLACED BY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NUMBER 408 WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...VALLEY...GREELEY...SHERMAN...BUFFALO...PHELPS AND HARLAN
COUNTIES.  THUS THESE COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

COUNTIES TO THE EAST REMAIN IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL
200 AM.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...NO ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED
AT THIS TIME.

EWALD

Local storm report, Jun 10, 11:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1119 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

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

1055 PM    FULLERTON                 NE   .75 INCH HAIL
06/10/02   NANCE                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL -
                                          REPORT WAS OF
                                          DIME-SIZED HAIL ON
                                          HIGHWAY 14 TO THE SOUTH
                                          OF FULLERTON.

Local storm report, Jun 10, 11:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1134 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

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

1015 PM    CLARKS                    NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/10/02   MERRICK                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Jun 10, 11:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1149 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

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

0729 PM    WOODSTON                  KS   .88 INCH HAIL
06/10/02   ROOKS                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0729 PM    DONIPHAN                  NE   .88 INCH HAIL
06/10/02   HALL                           REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0802 PM    7 N BURR OAK              KS   1.5 INCH HAIL
06/10/02   JEWELL                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0835 PM    4 W STOCKHAM              NE   TORNADO
06/10/02   HAMILTON                       BRIEF TORNADO ON
                                          FLANKING LINE. REPORTED
                                          BY OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE.

0845 PM    4 S AURORA                NE   .88 INCH HAIL
06/10/02   HAMILTON

0845 PM    GILTNER                   NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/10/02   HAMILTON                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
                                          I80 INTERCHANGE FOR
                                          GILTNER.

0912 PM    AURORA                    NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/10/02   HAMILTON                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Jun 11, 12:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1232 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

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

1220 AM    6 NE FULLERTON            NE   .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/02   NANCE                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

NEZ041-047>049-062>064-074>077-084>087-110700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
133 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 408 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 408 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...BUT WIDESPREAD
SEVERER WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Smith	50 min
Jun 10, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Rooks	63 min
Jun 10, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	55 min
Jun 11, 3:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2002 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.