Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2002, 3:11 PM CDT for Webster County, Nebraska. 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
- Jun 12, 2002, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2002, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Webster County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1697 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGID 122011 SVRGRI NEC181-122115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 311 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 304 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF INAVALE...OR ABOUT 38 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... INAVALE AT 320 PM CDT RED CLOUD AT 335 PM CDT BLUE HILL AT 340 PM CDT COWLES AT 345 PM CDT ROSEMONT AT 355 PM CDT PEOPLE IN WEBSTER 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. LAT...LON 4033 9871 4000 9872 4002 9829 4033 9828 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 Jun 12, 3:28 AM CDT, 11 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 3:28 AM CDT, 11 hours 43 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 328 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2002 ...FORECAST CONCERN THIS CYCLE IS CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT... SURFACE BOUNDARY BISECTING KANSAS NE TO SW AS OF 07Z. SECONDARY FRONT SET TO DROP SOUTH INTO THE CWA LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH COOLER/DRIER AIR BEHIND IT. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWED NORTH OF THE BORDER UPPER LOW TAKING ITS TIME MOVING EAST ALTHOUGH SOME SIGN OF THAT IN LAST FEW HOURS. SUBTROPICAL PLUME ACROSS TX AND OK AND WONT BE A FACTOR FOR US. 70KT JET STREAK COULD BE SEEN STARTING OUT IN SOUTHERN NEVADA ABOUT 19Z TUES AND MAKING IT TO DENVER BY 06 OR 07Z. THIS HELPED TO SET OFF CONVECTION IN NW KS OVERNIGHT. BRUNT OF THAT ACTIVITY SOUTH OF OUR CWA. WILL MAKE LAST MINUTE DECISION ABOUT WHETHER TO INCLUDE ANY MORNING POPS. TOUGH TO TELL IF CENTRAL KS MCS IS GETTING ANY LOW LEVEL JET SUPPORT AS GDA... HVL...AND HBR PROFILERS ALL BELLY UP ATTM. PROFILERS DO HAVE LL JET SUPPORT FOR MISSOURI MCS. LATER TODAY...ALONG WITH SFC BOUNDARY NOTED ABOVE...800-700 MB WAVE POISED TO MOVE THROUGH AROUND 00-03Z AS NOTED ON META AND AVN. TEMPS SHOULD BE IN THE LOW TO UPPER 80S ACROSS CWA ALONG WITH RESPECTABLE MOISTURE AT SFC UP TO 850 MB...WHERE DEW POINTS WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE TEENS CELSIUS. SOME COOLING WITH MID LEVEL THERMAL TROF. ALL THIS RESULTS IN CAPES FROM 1500-2500 BY LATE AFTERNOON. THUS WILL ADD A MENTION OF TSTMS FOR LATE AFTERNOON AS LAST THURSDAY I UNDERESTIMATED THE EFFECT OF THE 700 MB SHORTWAVE AND WE ENDED UP WITH SEVERE TSTMS. HEAVY RAIN SHOULD STAY WELL SOUTH OF AREA ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH WILL BE OVER SOUTHERN KS. AFTER THIS SYSTEM WE SHOULD BE IN FOR A FEW DAYS OF DRIER/COOLER CONDITIONS AS WE STAY ON BACK SIDE OF SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW WHICH IS PROGGED TO BE IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY FRIDAY MORNING. .GID...NONE. EWALD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 11:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-122300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1125 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2002 ...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... A COLD FRONT FROM SIOUX CITY THROUGH THE TRI CITIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TO NORTHWEST KANSAS IS FORECAST TO SLIDE SOUTHEAST AT A FAIRLY SLOW RATE THIS AFTERNOON. LIFT PROVIDED BY THE FRONT AND A MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL MEET ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...OVER SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DOT A GOOD SHARE OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS SHOULD BE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SUPERIOR TO PHILLIPSBURG...KANSAS AFTER 5 THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS TO BE LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS. SCHURR
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 12:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-122300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1212 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002 ...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A COLD FRONT FROM IOWA THROUGH THE TRI CITIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TO NORTHWEST KANSAS IS FORECAST TO SLIDE SOUTHEAST AT A FAIRLY SLOW RATE THIS AFTERNOON. LIFT PROVIDED BY THE FRONT AND A MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL MEET ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...OVER SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DOT A GOOD SHARE OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME NEBRASKA STORMS MAY DROP LARGE HAIL...BUT THE GREATER THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS SHOULD BE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SUPERIOR TO PHILLIPSBURG...KANSAS AFTER 2 THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS TO BE LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS. SCHURR
Local storm report, Jun 12, 1:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
104 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1225 PM 8 NNE AXTELL NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 KEARNEY REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Jun 12, 1:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
158 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0125 PM 3 SW GLADE KS TORNADO
06/12/02 PHILLIPS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jun 12, 2:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
205 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0121 PM 9 NW STOCKTON KS TORNADO
06/12/02 ROOKS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jun 12, 2:12 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
212 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1245 PM 4 W NEWARK NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 KEARNEY REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Kearney | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Thayer | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nance | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Merrick | 66 min |
| Jun 12, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Polk | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | York | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2002Every 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.