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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE

May 5, 2002Phillips County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2002, 4:11 PM CDT for Phillips County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 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
May 5, 2002, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2002, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Phillips County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 2002-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 172 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 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
172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-207 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGID 052111
SVRGRI
KSC147-052215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
410 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 404 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY AT 420 PM CDT

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

THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

LAT...LON 3958 9958 3958 9909 3998 9905 3999 9960

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDRooks54 min
May 5, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSmith39 min
May 5, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDRooks47 min
May 5, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDSmith45 min
May 5, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDOsborne49 min
May 5, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDSmith44 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.